Problem 17-46
Name:
Insert your answers into the gray-shaded cells or select from a drop-down list. Enter answers as
formulas where appropriate. If an answer is incorrect, the word “wrong” will appear.
a.
Model Motor
Wiring Housing All Other
Blender 28,000$ 24,000$ 56,000$ 22,560$
Mixer 32,000 28,000 20,480 12,000
Bread Maker 4,000 3,920 32,000 9,040
Total 64,000$ 55,920$ 108,480$ 43,600$
Model Amount
Percent of
Total
Blender 130,560$ 48% 48%
Mixer 92,480 34% 82%
Bread Maker 48,560 18% 100%
b. Which models account for approximately
80 percent of all failure costs?
c. Failure Type Amount
Percent of
Total
Housing 108,480$ 40% 40%
Motor 64,000 24% 63%
Wiring 55,920 21% 84%
All Other 43,600 16% 100%
Total 272,000$ 100%
d. Describe the problem areas for which
to seek preventive measures first.
How, if at all, does this answer reflect the concept of leveraging expenditures?
Solution
(Key essay answer here.)
Blender and Mixer collectively
Cumulative
Percent
of Total
Cumulative
Percent
of Total
Housing followed by Motor and Wiring
Insert your answers into the gray–shaded cells or select from a drop-down list. Enter answers as
formulas where appropriate. If an answer is incorrect, the word “wrong“ will appear.
Total
65,280$
46,240
24,480
136,000$
(Key essay answer here.)