Decadent Desserts Industries incurs the following costs during the current year: Depreciation of machinery $7,000 Direct labor 16,000 Direct materials 8,500 Executive salaries 10,000 Insurance 2,000 Rent on building 12,000 Sales commissions 10,000 Vehicle lease cost 5,000 Sales for the year were $100,000 and Decadent Desserts Industries determined that only the direct production costs (prime costs) and sales commissions are to be classified as variable costs; all other costs are classified as fixed costs. Decadent Desserts Industries sold 1,000 units.DO NOT round any numbers.  (a) Calculate the total contribution margin. $[CM] (b) Calculate the contribution margin per unit. $[CMun] (c) Calculate the contribution margin ratio. [ratio]

The most likely effect of  shifting MS curve to MS1 is  that _________________

Review seeking clarification in Chapter 3.

When you pay careful attention to the messages you receive and respond to them in a thoughtful way, you are engaged in mindful listening. Also study mindless listening.

Review “more powerful” speech.

Most people can only really pay attention to one message at a time.

Having mental “spare time” while listening is the result of speech rates of 125 words per minute and thought rates of 500 words per minute.

Review listening styles in Chapter 3.

Listening is a natural ability that almost everyone possesses is a common but false assumption about listening.

Remember this term as you practice your persuasive speech: a “disfluency” creates an impression that the speaker is not very competent.