A chemical company produces a special industrial chemical that is a blend of three chemical ingredients. The beginning-year cost per pound, the ending-year cost per pound, and the blend proportions follow. (Round your answers to the nearest integer.) Cost per Pound ($) Quantity (pounds) Ingredient Beginning Ending per 100 Pounds of Product A 2.50 2.95 25 B 8.75 9.90 15 0.99 0.90 50 (a) Compute the price relatives for the three ingredients. Item Price Relative (b) Compute a weighted average of the price relatives to develop a one-year cost index for raw materials used in the product. What is your interpretation of this index value? Cost of raw materials is up % for the chemical.
A chemical company produces a special industrial chemical that is a blend of three chemical ingredients. The beginning-year cost per pound, the ending-year cost per pound, and the blend proportions follow. (Round your answers to the nearest integer.) Cost per Pound ($) Quantity (pounds) Ingredient Beginning Ending per 100 Pounds of Product A 2.50 2.95 25 B 8.75 9.90 15 0.99 0.90 50 (a) Compute the price relatives for the three ingredients. Item Price Relative (b) Compute a weighted average of the price relatives to develop a one-year cost index for raw materials used in the product. What is your interpretation of this index value? Cost of raw materials is up % for the chemical.
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![A chemical company produces a special industrial chemical that is a blend of three chemical ingredients. The beginning-year cost per pound, the ending-year cost per pound, and the blend proportions follow. (Round your answers to the nearest integer.)
Cost per Pound ($)
Quantity (pounds)
Ingredient Beginning Ending per 100 Pounds of Product
A
2.50
2.95
25
B
8.75
9.90
15
0.99
0.90
50
(a) Compute the price relatives for the three ingredients.
Item
Price Relative
(b) Compute a weighted average of the price relatives to develop a one-year cost index for raw materials used in the product.
What is your interpretation of this index value?
Cost of raw materials is up
% for the chemical.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F73026ef4-a09a-4563-8a26-12a4d455d20f%2Fd3221e17-8897-4b44-899f-cc754ae3253f%2Fajmag5.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A chemical company produces a special industrial chemical that is a blend of three chemical ingredients. The beginning-year cost per pound, the ending-year cost per pound, and the blend proportions follow. (Round your answers to the nearest integer.)
Cost per Pound ($)
Quantity (pounds)
Ingredient Beginning Ending per 100 Pounds of Product
A
2.50
2.95
25
B
8.75
9.90
15
0.99
0.90
50
(a) Compute the price relatives for the three ingredients.
Item
Price Relative
(b) Compute a weighted average of the price relatives to develop a one-year cost index for raw materials used in the product.
What is your interpretation of this index value?
Cost of raw materials is up
% for the chemical.
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