Hot Wok Cuisine is a premium Asian restaurant chain that differentiates itself from a large number of competitors by providing exclusively organic Chinese cuisine. It has some pricing power because it provides differentiated products and therefore, has some entry barriers in place. In this scenario, Hot Wok Cuisine is most likely operating in a(n)

Answer: monopolistically competitive industry

Explanation:

Based on the above information, Hot Wok Cuisine is most likely operating a monopolistically competitive industry.

This is a type of industry whereby the firm's make their own pricing and output decisions. There are large number of competitors, but the products that they sell are slightly different from one another. Also, there some entry barriers.

We can infer that the restaurant differentiates itself from a large number of competitors by providing exclusively organic Chinese cusine and there are entry barriers.

Gabuat Corporation, which has only one product, has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: Selling price $ 164 Units in beginning inventory 0 Units produced 3,700 Units sold 3,260 Units in ending inventory 440 Variable costs per unit: Direct materials $ 51 Direct labor $ 32 Variable manufacturing overhead $ 6 Variable selling and administrative expense $ 6 Fixed costs: Fixed manufacturing overhead $88,800 Fixed selling and administrative expense $32,600 The total gross margin for the month under the absorption costing approach is:

Scenario: You are in the market for a new car. You do not have a trade-in, but you have saved $3,000 toward a down payment. You currently earn $3,750.00 gross monthly income, of which 28% is withheld for various deductions. You have heard of the 20% rule of thumb, but want to limit your payments to no more than 18% of your net monthly income because of other debt commitments. You currently have a credit score of 685. You expect to drive the car an average 15,000 miles per year. You're considering purchasing a used-rather than new car. This strategy offers several advantages.
1. Which of the following is not an advantage of purchasing a used car?
A. The reduced down payment required for the purchase.
B. A lack of knowledge and confidence in the mechanical condition of the car.
C. The price of the automobile.
D. Avoidance of the vehicle's significant decrease in value due to depreciation.
2. Which of the following will directly affect the final cost of a new car if you elect to purchase the vehicle?
A. The amount of the trade-in on an existing vehicle (if applicable).
B. The color of the vehicle.
C. The extent to which you dress up when you negotiate the purchase.
D. The amount of any rebate or incentives associated with the purchase of the new vehicle.
E. The period or term of any loan used to finance the purchase.
3. Alternatively, after seeing several television commercials suggesting the benefits of leasing a new automobile, you’ve started thinking about the phenomenon of leasing. Which of the following statements regarding leasing is true?
A. If you select to use a closed-end lease, then you’ll be free from any final payment. That’s why they call it a walkaway lease.
B. Leasing can result in lower monthly payments than would be incurred if you purchased the vehicle.
C. Customary end-of-term charges on a lease can include a disposition fee, an early termination charge, and an excess mileage charge.
D. If you use an open-end lease, you’ll be required to pay the difference between the vehicle’s projected residual value and its actual market value.
E. Leases work best for people who want to drive a vehicle for years and years, and drive at least 30,000 miles every year.
4. A lease payment is based on four variables. Which of the following is not one of these variables?
A. The money, or lease, factor.
B. The vehicle’s residual value.
C. The closed-end premium.
5. Being upside down in a loan is the same as having:____.
A. Negative equity.
B. A negative interest rate.
6. Complete the following table to determine your desired maximum monthly payment.
Gross income (monthly) $
Deductions (dollar amount) $
Take-home pay $
Percentage allotted for car payment %
Maximum monthly payment $
7. You have decided to purchase a new car and have negotiated the price. A four-year loan is resulting in payments of $586.00 per month. How might you get your monthly payment down to your desired monthly goal?
A. Shop for a loan with a higher interest rate.
B. Extend the term of the loan from four to five years.
C. Shorten the term of the loan from four to three years.
D. Shop for a loan with a lower interest rate.
8. A good credit score is an important factor when buying a car because it allows you to (1)____obtain financing terms, and (2)_____afford a expensive or better vehicle for the same loan amount.

Jane Industries manufactures plastic toys. During October, Jane's Fabrication Department started work on 10,400 models. During the month, the company completed 11,200 models, and transferred them to the Distribution Department. The company ended the month with 2200 models in ending inventory. There were 3000 models in beginning inventory. All direct materials costs are added at the beginning of the production cycle and conversion costs are added uniformly throughout the production process. The FIFO method of process costing is being followed. Beginning work in process was 30% complete as to conversion costs, while ending work in process was 55% complete as to conversion costs.


Beginning inventory​:

Direct materials costs $20,000
Conversion costs $11,100

Manufacturing costs added during the accounting period​:

Direct materials costs $70,700
Conversion costs $240,500

What is the amount of direct materials cost assigned to ending work-in-process inventory at the end of October?


a. $19,783
b. $20,337
c. $10,923
d. $14,916

The Bandeiras Corporation, a merchandising firm, has budgeted its activity for December according to the following information:Sales at $650,000, all for cash.Merchandise inventory on November 30 was $300,000.The cash balance at December 1 was $38,000.Selling and administrative expenses are budgeted at $120,000 for December and are paid in cash.Budgeted depreciation for December is $65,000.The planned merchandise inventory on December 31 is $330,000.The cost of goods sold is 70% of the sales price.All purchases are paid for in cash.There is no interest expense or income tax expense.The budgeted cash receipts for December are:

Barrington Industries anticipated selling 29,000 units of a major product and paying sales commissions of $6 per unit. Actual sales and sales commissions totaled 31,500 units and $182,700, respectively. If the company used a static budget for performance evaluations, Barrington would report a cost variance of: Multiple Choice $6,300U. $6,300F. $8,700U. $8,700F. None of the answers is correct.

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On May 1, 2020, Richardson Inc. entered into a contract to deliver one of its specialty mowers to Kickapoo Landscaping Co. The contract requires Kickapoo to pay the contract price of $900 in advance on May 15, 2020. Kickapoo pays Richardson on May 15, 2020, and Richardson delivers the mower (with cost of $575) on May 31, 2020.

Required:
a. Prepare the journal entry on May 1, 2020, for Richardson.
b. Prepare the journal entry on May 15, 2020, for Richardson.
c. Prepare the journal entry on May 31, 2020, for Richardson.

Companies that depend upon and highly value the contribution of intellectual capital to good strategy execution, generally do not:___________.
A. provide their employees with challenging, interesting, and skill-stretching assignments and also rotating them through jobs that not only have great content but also span functional and geographic boundaries.
B. implement rewards and benefits programs such as promotions, salary increases, performance bonuses, stock options, and other perks.
C. invest time and money into coaching underperformers and benchwarmers to improve their skills and capabilities.
D. encourage their employees to challenge existing ways of doing things, to be creative and innovative in proposing better ways of operating, and to push their ideas for new products or businesses.
E. foster a stimulating and engaging work environment so that their employees will consider the company a great place to work.

Leo Manufacturing Company uses the FIFO method in its process costing system. The first processing department, the Soldering Department, started the month with 32,000 units in its beginning work-in-process inventory that were 70% complete with respect to conversion costs. The conversion cost in this beginning work-in-process inventory was $116,150. An additional 84,500 units were started into production during the month. There were 38,000 units in the ending work-in-process inventory of the Soldering Department that were 80% complete with respect to conversion costs. A total of $580,125 in conversion costs were incurred in the department during the month. What would be the cost per equivalent unit for conversion costs?

Audited Balance 10/31/2018 Preliminary Balance 10/31/2019

Sales* $56,038,100 $61,641,910
Executive salaries 544,881 583,956
Factory hourly payroll 10,402,954 11,697,055
Factory supervisors' salaries 659,285 770,600
Office salaries 1,948,821 2,694,881
Sales commissions 2,950,799 2,829,500

Sales have increased 10% over prior year. 3% percent of that is due to an increase in the average selling price. The remaining 7% is attributed to an increase in the number of units sold.

Required:
Journalize the entries.

Triple Tier Bakery is a locally-owned business offering custom cakes, cupcakes, desserts and wedding cakes. At year end, Triple Tier's balance of Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts is $550 (credit) before adjustment. The Accounts Receivable balance is $22,500. During the next year, Triple Tier estimates that 10% of accounts will be uncollectible. Record the adjustment required for Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts?

Concord Corporation had 302000 shares of common stock issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020. No common stock was issued during 2021. On January 1, 2021, Concord issued 201000 shares of nonconvertible preferred stock. During 2021, Concord declared and paid $100000 cash dividends on the common stock and $81000 on the preferred stock. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $611000. What should be Concord's 2021 earnings per common share

Spiess Corporation has two major business segments--Apparel and Accessories. Data concerning those segments for December appear below: Sales revenues, Apparel $ 775,000 Variable expenses, Apparel $ 314,000 Traceable fixed expenses, Apparel $ 201,000 Sales revenues, Accessories $ 799,000 Variable expenses, Accessories $ 425,000 Traceable fixed expenses, Accessories $ 128,000 Common fixed expenses totaled $401,000 and were allocated as follows: $172,000 to the Apparel business segment and $229,000 to the Accessories business segment. Required: Prepare a segmented income statement in the contribution format for the company.

Beeman Company exchanged machinery with a fair value of $4,680,000, a recorded cost of $7,200,000 and accumulated depreciation of $3,600,000 with Lacey Corporation for machinery Lacey owns.
The machinery that Lacey owns has a fair value of $4,520,000, a recorded cost of $8,640,000, and accumulated depreciation of $4,752,000. Lacey also gave Beeman $160,000 of cash in the exchange. Assume depreciation has already been updated.
Instructions
(a) Prepare the entries on both companies' books assuming that the exchange had commercial substance.
(b) Prepare the entries on both companies' books assuming that the exchange lacked commercial substance

Stockbrokers who market their services with confidence that they can outperform the market average in picking stocks are especially likely to a employ workers who use heuristics. b find it difficult to decide which stocks to purchase. c use algorithms to generate stock choices. d avoid the dangers of belief perseverance. e appear credible to their customers.

On April 1, Townsley Company sold merchandise with a selling price of $10,000 on account to Trout Company, with terms 3/10, n/30. On April 5, Trout Company returned merchandise with a selling price of $1,000. Trout Company paid the amount due on April 9. What journal entry did Townsley Company prepare on April 9 assuming the gross method is used

Super Saver Groceries purchased store equipment for $43,000. Super Saver estimates that at the end of its 10-year service life, the equipment will be worth $4,000. During the 10-year period, the company expects to use the equipment for a total of 13,000 hours. Super Saver used the equipment for 1,200 hours the first year. Required: Calculate depreciation expense of the equipment for the first year, using each of the following methods. (Do not round your intermediate calculations.)

The Jamison Company's inventory was destroyed on July 4, 2016, when its warehouse caught on fire early in the morning. Inventory was totally destroyed. The accounting records, which were located in a fireproof vault, contained the following information: Sales (1/1/16 through 7/3/16)$240,000 Purchases (1/1/16 through 7/3/16)180,000 Inventory (1/1/16)45,000 Gross profit ratio25% of cost Using the gross profit method, what is the estimated cost of the inventory that was destroyed by the fire

13. Suppose we can postpone investment three years and, with the new improved technology, the project will have similar risk but for an investment of $5 million will generate perpetual cash flows (beginning exactly one year after the investment) of $500,000. Would you recommend that we invest in the original project or wait three years to invest in the new project

Setrakian Industries needs to raise $48.5 million to fund a new project. The company will sell bonds that have a coupon rate of 5.56 percent paid semiannually and that mature in 10 years. The bonds will be sold at an initial YTM of 6.13 percent and have a par value of $2,000. How many bonds must be sold to raise the necessary funds

Arntson, Inc., manufactures and sells two products: Product R3 and Product N0. The annual production and sales of Product of R3 is 200 units and of Product N0 is 100 units. Data concerning the expected production of each product and the expected total direct labor-hours (DLHs) required to produce that output appear below: Expected ProductionDirect Labor-Hours Per UnitTotal Direct Labor-Hours Product R32008.01,600 Product N010011.01,100 Total direct labor-hours 2,700 The direct labor rate is $15.80 per DLH. The direct materials cost per unit is $287.80 for Product R3 and $104.80 for Product N0. The company is considering adopting an activity-based costing system with the following activity cost pools, activity measures, and expected activity: EstimatedExpected Activity Activity Cost PoolsActivity MeasuresOverhead CostProduct R3Product N0Total Labor-relatedDLHs$39,6361,6001,1002,700 Production ordersorders 57,4216007001,300 Order sizeMHs 432,0753,6003,9007,500 $529,132 The unit product cost of Product N0 under activity-based costing is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) Select one: A. $2,042.37 per unit B. $2,434.27 per unit C. $2,996.06 per unit D. $2,525.39 per unit

Match each of the principles and phases in the development of an accounting system with the statement that best describes them.
1. Information must be understandable, relevant, reliable, timely, and accurate.
2. Benefits of information must outweigh the cost of providing it.
3. The system should accommodate a variety of users and changing information needs.
4. The accounting system must consider the needs and knowledge of various users.
5. The system should be capable of meeting the changes in the demands made upon it.
a. Useful output
b. Cost effectiveness
c. Flexibility

Scare-2-B-U (S2BU) specializes in costumes for all occasions. The average price of each of its costumes is $240. For each occasion, S2BU receives a 20 percent deposit two months before the occasion, 50 percent the month before, and the remainder on the day the costume is delivered. Based on information at hand, managers at S2BU expect to make costumes for the following number of occasions during the coming months. April 75 May 45 June 30 July 60 August 75 September 165 Required: a. What are the expected revenues for S2BU for each month, April through September

All materials are added at the start of production. Refer to Keyser Corporation. Assume that the cost per EUP for material and conversion are $1.75 and $4.55, respectively. What is the cost assigned to ending Work in Process

Imagine a hypothetical economy with a population of 100 people, 80 of which over sixteen. Forty eight of these people who are working and twelve people who are willing, able and looking for work cannot find jobs. The unemployment rate in this economy is____________ % (enter percentage as a whole number, not a decimal, no percentage sign). S

Suppose that 10 of those unemployed people get discouraged and give up looking for work. Now, the unemployment rate is __________% (enter percentage as a whole number, not a decimal, no percentage sign).

The Sandeep Company's April 30 pre-reconciliation cash balance on its books was $35,000. While preparing the April 30 bank reconciliation, Sandeep determined that outstanding checks total $11,000, deposits in transit total $7,000, and bank service charges are $50. Assuming there are no other reconciling items, what was Sandeep's April 30 cash balance per the bank statement

Jack and Jill are the only two residents in a neighbourhood, and they would like to hire a security guard. The value of a security guard is $50 per month to Jack and $90 per month to Jill. Irrespective of who pays the guard, the guard will protect the entire neighbourhood and charge $120 per month for the service. Suppose Jack earns $4,000 per month and Jill earns $8,000 per month.
a. With a proportional tax of 1 percent on income, how much would Jack and Jill pay, and would it be enough to pay for the security guard?
Jack would pay $ _____.
Jill would pay $ _____.
This tax _____ be enough to pay for the security guard.
b. Suppose instead that Jack proposes a payment scheme under which Jack and Jill would each receive the same net benefit from hiring the guard. How much would Jack and Jill pay now?
Jack would pay $ _____.
Jill would pay $ _____.
Would both Jack and Jill vote for this scheme? _____

The following information applies to the questions displayed below Over a four-year period, Jackie Corporation reported the following series of gross profits 2018 2019 2020 2021 $60,000 $66,000 $74,000 $90,000 Cost of goods sold32,000 46,00028,000 48,000 $28,000 $20,000 $46,000 $42,000 Net sales Cross profit In 2021, the company performed a comprehensive review of its inventory accounting procedures. Based on this review company records reveal that ending inventory was understated by $11,000 in 2019. Inventory in all other years is correct. Problem 6-10A Part 1
Required:
1. Calculate the gross profit ratio for each of the four years based on amounts originally reported. (Round your answers to the nearest whole percent.) Gross Profit Ratio 2018 2019 2020 2021 The following information applies to the questions displayed below Over a four-year period, Jackie Corporation reported the following series of gross profits 2021 Net sales Cost of goods sold Gross profit $60,000 $66,000 $74,000 $90,000 $28,000 $20,000 46,000 $42,000 In 2021, the company performed a comprehensive review of its inventory accounting procedures. Based on this review, company records reveal that ending inventory was understated by $11,000 in 2019. Inventory in all other years is correct
2. Calculate the gross profit ratio for each of the four years based on corrected amounts. (Round your answers to the nearest whole percent.) Gross Ratio 2018 2019 2020 2021

Suppose a firm produces with a technology that exhibits constant returns to scale at all levels of production. The firm's inputs are workers and laptops. The firm sells its output in a perfectly competitive market. It also hires its inputs (hires workers and rents laptops) in perfectly competitive markets. Assume that in the long run the firm produces y units of output using x1 workers and x2 laptops. If the firm doubles the amount of workers and laptops (using 2x1 and 2x2), we would expect the firm's long-run profits to

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Flintstone Company is owned equally by Fred Stone and his sister Wilma, each of whom hold 2,400 shares in the company. Wilma wants to reduce her ownership in the company, and it was decided that the company will redeem 480 of her shares for $30,700 per share on December 31 of this year. Wilmaâs income tax basis in each share is $7,900. Flintstone has current E&P of $10,930,000 and accumulated E&P of $50,210,000.
a. What is the amount and character (capital gain or dividend) recognized by Wilma as a result of the stock redemption, assuming only the "substantially disproportionate with respect to the shareholder" test is applied?
b. What is Wilmaâs income tax basis in the remaining 1,920 shares she owns in the company?
c. Assuming the company did not make any dividend distributions this year, by what amount does Flintstone reduce its E&P as a result of the redemption?