WRITE – a minimum of 200 words addressing the following questions:

Describe three issues/problems that a company could encounter when trying to determine the actual cost of a good or service to be used in the cost of goods sold. For each of your issues, provide an example of a company or industry where these issues could be present.

READ – Chapter Five – Cost volume profit

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WRITE – a minimum of 200 words addressing the following questions:

We’ve all experienced (or heard about) the challenges that the airlines have been facing. Read the Zacks Investment Research article, “Airline Industry Stock Outlook – August 2012.” Identify three factors that are affecting airline company’s ability to break even. For each of your factors, discuss how these have an impact on the breakeven (contribution margin, fixed costs, variable costs, a combination, etc.), and what happens if these factors increase or decrease.

https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/81160/airline-industry-stock-outlook-august-2012

The first page should address the first discussion question and the second page should address the second discussion question