Mark M. Upp has just been fired as the university book store manager for setting prices too low (only 20% above suggested retail). He is considering opening a competing bookstore near the campus, and he has begun an analysis of the situation. There are two possible sites under consideration. One is relatively small, while the other is large. If he opens at Site 1 and demand is good, he will generate a profit of $50,000. If demand is low, he will lose $10,000. If he opens at Site 2 and demand is high he will generate a profit of $80,000, but he will lose $30,000 if demand is low. He also has decided that he will open at one of these sites. He believes that there is a 50% chance that demand will be high. He assigns the following utilities to the different profits:
U = 50,000 = ? U(-10,000) = 0.22
U = 80,000 = 1 U(-30,000) = 0
For what value of utility for $50,000, U(50000), will Mark be indifferent between the two alternatives?

Answer:

The utility of Mark for getting a 50,000 profit should be of 0.78 to make both Site option indifferent.

Explanation:

To be indifferent between the two sites the utility of Site 1 should match the utility of Site 2

Site 2:

weighted Utility of good demand  +

weighted Utility of low demand:

50% x 1 + 50% 0 = 0.5

Site 1

50% of Ux + 50% 0.22

This shold match 0.50 to be indifferent

0.5Ux + 0.11 = 0.50

Ux = (0.50 - 0.11) / 0.5 = 0.39/0.50 = 0.78

To increase a company’s performance, a manager suggests that the company needs to increase the value of its product to customers. Describe three ways in which this advice might be incorrect

On January 1, 2018, the chief operating officer of New Belgium, Jeff Stambaugh, signed a noncancellable lease for street equipment. The lease was for 10 years. The present value of payments expected to be made during the lease is $75,152. The township’s incremental borrowing rate is 7 percent. The $10,000 annual lease payment is due on the first day of each year beginning in 2018.

Required:
Prepare all journal entries necessary to record the lease transaction for 2018 and the payment made in 2019.

Use the CAFR information for the City of Salem (Illustrations 2-2 through 2-16) to find the following items. in your answer, both indicate which financial statement contained the information and the item and the dollar amount.
Information Item Statement $ Amount
Ex Amounts due from other governments to support
governmental activities Balance Sheet—
Governmental Funds $1,328,448
A. Total capital outlay for the courthouse renovation
B. Total cash paid for capital additions for the solid
waste fund
C. Interest paid (not expense) on general long-term debt
D. Interest paid (not expense) on water department debt
E. Capital asset (net) for the government's component units
F. Contributions received for use by the private-purpose trust
G. Noncurrent liabilities associated with governmental
activities that are due in more than one year
H. Noncash contributions of capital assets for the water
department

Luzadis Company makes furniture using the latest automated technology. The company uses a job-order costing system and applies manufacturing overhead cost to products on the basis of machine-hours. The predetermined overhead rate was based on a cost formula that estimates $900,000 of total manufacturing overhead for an estimated activity level of 75,000 machine-hours.

During the year, a large quantity of furniture on the market resulted in cutting back production and a buildup of furniture in the company’s warehouse. The company’s cost records revealed the following actual cost and operating data for the year:


Machine-hours 76,000
Manufacturing overhead cost $637,000
Inventories at year-end:
Raw materials $20,000
Work in process (includes overhead applied of $36,480) $115,800
Finished goods (includes overhead applied of $91,200) $289,500
Cost of goods sold (includes overhead applied of $480,320) $1,524,700

Required:

a. Compute the underapplied or overapplied overhead.
b. Assume that the company closes any underapplied or overapplied overhead to Cost of Goods Sold. Prepare the appropriate journal entry. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)
c. Assume that the company allocates any underapplied or over appliedoverhead proportionally to Work in Process, Finished Goods, and Cost of Goods Sold. Prepare the appropriate journal entry. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)
d. How much higher or lower will net operating income be if the underapplied or overapplied overhead is allocated to Work in Process, Finished Goods, and Cost of Goods Sold rather than being closed to Cost of Goods Sold?

it is a type of text which is usually non-fiction​

In 2021, Ryan Management collected rent revenue for 2022 tenant occupancy. For financial reporting, the rent is recorded as deferred revenue and then recognized as revenue in the period tenants occupy rental property. For tax reporting, the rent is taxed when collected in 2021. The deferred portion of the rent collected in 2021 was $194.0 million. No temporary differences existed at the beginning of the year, and the tax rate is 25%. Suppose the deferred portion of the rent collected was $76 million at the end of 2022. Taxable income is $760 million. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record income taxes Iin 2022.
Transaction General Journal Debit Credit
Income tax expense
Deferred tax asset
Income taxes payable 340.0

Brazil has a population of about 210​ million, with about 150 million over the age of 15. Of​ these, an estimated 25​ percent, or 37.5 million​ people, are functionally illiterate. The typical literate individual reads only about two nonacademic books per​ year, which is less than half the number read by the typical literate U.S. or European resident. Answer the following questions solely from the perspective of new growth​ theory:
Which of the following best explains the implications of​ Brazil's literacy and reading rates for its growth prospects in light of the key tenets of new growth theory.
A. Since economic growth is driven by international trade in technology and​ capital, if Brazil opens its​ borders, its literacy and reading rates will improve as the country experiences economic growth.
B. Since the development of human capital is an important determinant of economic​ growth, Brazil's literacy and reading rates suggests its potential economic growth rate is lower.
C. Since it has been demonstrated that technological advancement and not human capital is the key determinant of economic​ growth, Brazil's literacy and reading rates should not affect its potential economic growth rate.
D. Since technologically advanced physical capital is necessary for economic​ growth, Brazil's literacy and reading rates suggests its economic growth rate will be lower because there are not enough skilled workers to operate sophisticated machinery.

Gary mails an offer to Brian on June 15. Brian receives the offer on June 16. Gary mails a revocation of the offer on June 17. Brian mails a letter of acceptance on June 18 and Gary receives the acceptance on June 20. Brian receives the revocation on June 19. Was a contract formed?

Daily demand for a certain product is normally distributed with a mean of 138 and a standard deviation of 13. The supplier is reliable and maintains a constant lead time of 7 days. The cost of placing an order is $17 and the cost of holding inventory is $0.40 per unit per year. There are no stock-out costs, and unfilled orders are filled as soon as the order arrives. Assume sales occur over 358 days of the year.
Your goal here is to find the order quantity and reorder point to satisfy a 73 percent probability of not stocking out during the lead time.
a. To manage inventory, the company is using
Continuous review system
Periodic review system
b. Find the order quantity. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
Order quantity books
c. Find the reorder point. (Use Excel's NORMSINV() function to find the correct critical value for the given α-level. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "z" value to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole number.)
Reorder point

BensonBenson​ & Company is an architectural firm specializing in home remodeling for private clients and new office buildings for corporate clients. charges customers at a billing rate equal to ​% of the​ client's total job cost. A​ client's total job cost is a combination of​ (1) professional time spent on the client ​( per hour cost of employing each​ professional) and​ (2) operating overhead allocated to the​ client's job. allocates operating overhead to jobs based on professional hours spent on the job. estimates its five professionals will incur a total of​ 10,000 professional hours working on client jobs during the year.

AllissaAllissa LarsonLarson hired BensonBenson to design her kitchen remodeling. A total of 35 professional hours were incurred on this job. In​ addition, LarsonLarson​'s remodeling job required one of the professionals to travel back and forth to her house for a total of 155 miles. The blueprints had to be copied four times because LarsonLarson changed the plans several times. In​ addition, 14 hours of secretarial time were used lining up the subcontractors for the job.

All operating costs other than professional salaries​ (travel reimbursements, copy​ costs, secretarial​ salaries, office​ lease, and so​forth) can be assigned to the three activities. Total activity​ costs, cost​ drivers, and total usage of those cost drivers are estimated as​ follows:


Activity Total Activity Cost Cost Driver Usage Total Usage by Corporate Clients Total usage by Private Clients


Transporation to clients. . . . . . $9,000 Round-trip mileage to clients. . . . . 1,500 miles 13,500 miles
Blueprint copying. . . . . . . . . . . 35,000 Number of copies. . . . . . . . . . . . 250 copies 750 copies
Office support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190,000 Secretarial time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,600 secretarial 2,400 secretarial
hours hours
Total operating overhead. . . . $234,000

Required:
a. Calculate the current indirect cost allocation rate per professional hour.
b. Calculate the total amount that would be billed to LarsonLarson given the current costing structure.
c. Calculate the activity cost allocation rates that could be used to allocate operating overhead costs to client jobs.
d. Calculate the amount that would be billed to LarsonLarson using ABC costing.
e. Which type of billing system is more fair to​ clients? Explain.

Etxuck327 Inc. sells a particular textbook for $39. Variable expenses are $28 per book. At the current volume of 49,000 books sold per year the company is just breaking even. Given these data, the annual fixed expenses associated with the textbook total:

Real options Projects are also often embedded with different options that can help making decisions under uncertainty. There are techniques used to evaluate these embedded options which are called real options. The models used to value these options are based on the type of the real option available for the project.
A real option embedded in a capital project gives the investing firm the right but not the obligation to buy, sell, or transform an asset at a set price during a specified period of time.
a. True
b. False
The managers of Atlanta Aeronautics Co. have included a shutdown option into the design of a proposed capital investment project:
I. This option provides a firm with the flexibility to make potentially profitable investments in the future that would not have been possible if the initial project had not been undertaken
II. This option allows a firm to temporarily terminate operations in order to prevent experiencing negative cash flows.
III. This option allows a project to be expanded if demand turns out to be greater than expected.
IV. This option allows the outputs of the production process to be altered if market conditions change during a project's life. Which of the listed statements best describes a shutdown option?
Statement II
Statement I
Statement III
Statement IV
None of the statements listed above describes a shutdown option.
Real option analysis adds value to a project when it is used for which of the following?
a. Modifying the way that decision makers perceive flexibility in capital budgeting activities
b. Expanding the way that managers view risk and uncertainty, seeing them as phenomena to be appreciated and exploited rather than feared and avoided.
c. Making managerial decision making less deliberate and analytical
d. Making managers aware of the consequences of their decisions and actions on the creation or destruction of value for a capital project.

The following events pertain to James Cleaning Company:
1. Acquired $15,000 cash from the issue of common stock.
2. Provided services for $6,000 cash.
3. Provided $18,000 of services on account.
4. Collected $11,000 cash from the account receivable created in Event 3.
5. Paid $1,400 cash to purchase supplies.
6. Had $100 of supplies on hand at the end of the accounting period.
7. Received $3,600 cash in advance for services to be performed in the future.
8. Performed one-half of the services agreed to in Event 7.
9. Paid $6,500 for salaries expense.
10. Incurred $2,800 of other operating expenses on account.
11. Paid $2,100 cash on the account payable created in Event 10.
12. Paid a $1,000 cash dividend to the stockholders.
Required:Show the effects of the events on the financial statements using a horizontal statements model like the following one. In the Cash Flows column, use the letters OA to designate operating activity, IA for investing activity, FA for financing activity, NC for net change in cash and NA to indicate accounts not affected by the event. The first event is recorded as an example. (Enter any decreases to account balances and cash outflows with a minus sign

Consider an economy that produces only chocolate bars. In year 1, the quantity produced is 3 bars and the price is $4. In year 2, the quantity produced is 4 bars and the price is $5. In year 3, the quantity produced is 5 bars and the price is $6. Using year 1 as the base year, compute nominal GDP, real GDP, and the GDP deflator for each year.

Who was the first missionary to arrive in Africa?​

Aracel Engineering completed the following transactions in the month of June.
a. Jenna Aracel, the owner, invested $175,000 cash, office equipment with a value of $5,200, and $76,000 of drafting equipment to launch the company in exchange for common stock.
b. The company purchased land worth $56,000 for an office by paying $8,000 cash and signing a long-term not payable for $48,000.
c. The company purchased a portable building with $54,000 cash and moved it onto the land acquired in b.
d. The company paid $2,600 cash for the premium on an 18-month insurance policy.
e. The company completed and delivered a set of plans for a client and collected $6,200 cash.
f. The company purchased $32,000 of additional drafting equipment by paying $11,900 cash and signing a long-term not payable for $20,100.
g. The company completed $18,000 of engineering services for a client. This amount is to be received in 30 days.
h. The company purchased $2,000 of additional office equipment on credit.
i. The company completed engineering services for $25,000 on credit.
j. The company received a bill for rent of equipment that was used on a recently completed job. The $1,409 rent cost must be paid within 30 days.
k. The company collected $7,000 cash in partial payment from the client described in transaction g.
l. The company paid $2,400 cash for wages to a drafting assistant.
m. The company paid $2,000 cash to settle the account payable created in transaction h.
n. The company paid $1,105 cash for minor maintenance of its drafting equipment.
o. The company paid $10,170 cash in dividends.
p. The company paid $2,400 cash for wages to a drafting assistant.
q. The company paid $4,000 cash for advertisements on the web during June.
1. Prepare general journal entries to record these transactions using the following titles: Cash (101); Accounts Receivable (106); Prepaid Insurance (108); Office equipment (163); Drafting Equipment (164); Building (170); Land (172); Accounts Payable (201); Notes Payable (250); Common Stock (307); Dividends (319); Engineering Fees Earned (402); Wages Expense (601); Equipment Rental Expense (602); Advertising Expense (603); and Repairs Expense (604).
Transaction General Journal Debit Credit
a.

All the following are characteristics of a tradable market except a. Easy Access b. Parity c. Liquidity d. Fungibility e. Lack of a Trend

Please discuss the following two scenarios: Both scenarios consist of a loan of $1000 on Jan.1 - to be paid back on Dec. 31. A is the lender and B is the debtor.

Scenario 1: On Nov. 7th, A calls B to see how he is doing. B says he is not doing well. A asks if B will be able to pay the $1000 on Dec. 31. B says probably not. A asks how much B will have and B says about $700. A tells B to pay him $700 on Dec. 31 and that he will not owe him the additional $300. A puts it in writing. On Dec. 31, B pays the agreed upon $700. Then on January 15th, A calls B and tells him that he wants the additional $300.

Scenario 2: Same situation, but on the Nov. 7th phone call, A tells B to pay him the $700 now and then he will not owe him the additional $300. It is put in writing. B pays $700 on Nov. 7th. Then on January 15th, A calls B and tells him that he wants to additional $300. In which scenario can A get the additional $300.

In which scenario can A get the additional $300? It could be in both scenarios, neither or one of them. What do you think?

The adjusted trial balance of Windsor, Inc. shows these data pertaining to sales at the end of its fiscal year, October 31, 2022: Sales Revenue $908,100; Freight-Out $13,400; Sales Returns and Allowances $19,800; and Sales Discounts $14,500.

Required:
Prepare the sales section of the income statement.

Bird Corp.'s trademark was licensed to Brian Co. for royalties of 15% of the sales of the trademarked items. Royalties are payable semiannually on March 15 for sales in July through December of the prior year, and on September 15 for sales in January through June of the same year. Bird received the following royalties from Brian:
March 15 September 15
20X4 $5,000 $7,500
20X5 6,000 8,500
Brian estimated that the sales of the trademarked items would total $30,000 for July through December 20X5. In Bird's 20X5 Income Statement, the royalty revenue should be:______.
a. $13,000.
b. $14,500.
c. $19,000.
d. $20,500.

Assume that your father is now 50 years old, plans to retire in 10 years, and expects to live for 25 years after he retires - that is, until age 85. He wants his first retirement payment to have the same purchasing power at the time he retires as $55,000 has today. He wants all his subsequent retirement payments to be equal to his first retirement payment. (Do not let the retirement payments grow with inflation: Your father realizes that if inflation occurs the real value of his retirement income will decline year by year after he retires). His retirement income will begin the day he retires, 10 years from today, and he will then receive 24 additional annual payments. Inflation is expected to be 3% per year from today forward. He currently has $100,000 saved and expects to earn a return on his savings of 4% per year with annual compounding.

Required:
To the nearest dollar, how much must he save during each of the next 10 years (with equal deposits being made at the end of each year, beginning a year from today) to meet his retirement goal? (Note: Neither the amount he saves nor the amount he withdraws upon retirement is a growing annuity.) Do not round intermediate steps.

A firm that has extra cash Multiple Choice Should always invest it in U.S. equities. should invest it in the safest projects available. should always reinvest it in new equipment. should pay it out to shareholders unless the firm can earn a higher rate of return on the cash than the shareholders can earn by investing in the capital market.

Smithson Company uses a job-order costing system and has two manufacturing departments— Molding and Fabrication. The company provided the following estimates at the beginning of the year:
Molding Fabrication Total
Machine-hours 20,000 30,000 50,000
Fixed manufacturing
overhead costs $800,000 $300,000 $1,100,000
Variable manufacturing
overhead per machine-hour $5.00 $5.00
During the year, the company had no beginning or ending inventories and it started, completed, and sold only two jobs—Job D-75 and Job C-100. It provided the following information related to those two jobs:
Job D-75: Molding Fabrication Total
Direct materials cost $375,000 $325,000 $700,000
Direct labor cost $200,000 $160,000 $360,000
Machine-hours 15,000 5,000 20,000
Job C-200: Molding Fabrication Total
Direct materials cost $300,000 $250,000 $550,000
Direct labor cost $175,000 $225,000 $400,000
Machine-hours 6,000 24,000 30,000
Assume Delph uses a plantwide overhead rate based on machine-hours.
Required:
1-A. Compute the predetermined plantwide overhead rate.
1-B. Compute the total manufacturing costs assigned to Job D-70 and Job C-200.
1-C. If Delph establishes bid prices that are 150% of total manufacturing costs, what bid price would it have established for Job D-70 and Job C-200?
1-D. What is Delph's cost of goods sold for the year?
Assume Delph uses departmental overhead rates based on machine-hours.
2-A. Compute the predetermined departmental overhead rates.
2-B. Compute the total manufacturing costs assigned to Job D-70 and Job C-200.
2-C. If Delph establishes bid prices that are 150% of total manufacturing costs, what bid price would it have established for Job D-70 and Job C-200?
2-D. What is Delph's cost of goods sold for the year?

Assume the bonds below have the same term and principal and that the state or local government that issues the municipal bond has a good credit rating. Which list has bonds correctly ordered from the one that pays the highest interest rate to the one that pays the lowest interest rate

Robin, who is a head of household and age 42, provides you with the following information from his financial records for 2019. Robin itemizes deductions. Regular income tax liability $142,125 PositiveAMT adjustments 30,000 AMT preferences 100,000 Taxable income 481,000 Calculate Robin's AMT for 2019. a.$12,636. b.$3,757. c.$12,032. d.$15,126.

Following is a complete list of accounts and account balances that appear in the general ledger as of August 1, 2020 for Flourish and Botts, Co. bookstore. Assume all accounts have their normal debit or credit balance.

Account: Amount: Account: Amount:
Cash $9,021 Common Stock $84
Accounts Receivable (A/R) $13,992 Additional Paid-In Capital $6,408
Inventory $4,033 Retained Earnings $7,220
Prepaid Rent $200 Sales Revenue $0
Equipment $7,200 Cost of Goods Sold $0
Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment $800 Wages Expense $0
Accounts Payable (A/P) $11,844 Interest Expense $0
Deferred Revenue $3,055 Depreciation Expense $0
Interest Payable $35 Rent Expense $0
Notes Payable $5,000

The following transactions were observed for August 2020:

Date: Transaction:
8/3 Purchased merchandise inventory on account for $11,941
8/6 Sold merchandise inventory, which originally cost $13,088, to customers for $20,972. Customers paid $2,400 in cash, the remaining $18,572 was purchased by customers on account.
8/16 Paid $2,750 in cash to workers for work done in August.
8/20 Received $17,046 in cash payments from customers on their accounts receivable.
8/27 Paid creditors $14,635 in cash for accounts payable.

Required:
Record all of the above transactions that occurred during the period using journal entries. Make sure to use proper formatting for all entries, and to include the date of each entry and a brief description of each entry. Do not make any end of the period adjusting or closing entries.

A deposit of $10,000 is made a year from now, a second deposit of $10,000 is made at the end of the year 5, and a deposit of $3000 is made at the end of year 8. The account earns 6% interest. You want to withdraw an equal amount, X at the end of each year for the next 10 years. What is the amount of X if the goal is to empty the account

Ming borrows X for 10 years at an annual effective interest rate of 8%. If he pays the principal and accumulated interest in one lump sum at the end of 10 years, he would pay 468.05 more in interest than if he repaid the loan with 10 level payments at the end of each year. Calculate X.

An example of a pioneering cost is the cost of Multiple Choice hiring management personnel. competing with existing multinationals. promoting a new product. transport fees. retaining employees.

With respect to dividends and priority in liquidation, what has priority over common stock? Group of answer choices Treasury Stock Debt Capital Preferred Stock nonconvertible common equity