Answer:
Conversion costs= $15,420,000
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Direct material= $4,900,000
Direct labor costs= $8,710,000
Factory overhead costs= $6,710,000
The conversion costs are the sum of the direct labor and factory overhead.
Conversion costs= 8,710,000 + 6,710,000
Conversion costs= $15,420,000
If the USA could produce 1 ton of potatoes or 0.5 tons of wheat per worker per year, while Ireland could produce 3 tons of potatoes or 2 tons of wheat per worker per year, there can be mutual gains from trade if:
This question is incomplete because the options are missing; here are the options:
A. The USA specializes in potatoes because of its comparative advantage in producing potatoes.
B. The USA specializes in wheat because of its absolute advantage in producing wheat.
C. The USA specializes in wheat because of its comparative advantage in producing wheat.
D. There can be no mutual gains from trade.
The correct answer to this question is A. The USA specializes in potatoes because of its comparative advantage in producing potatoes.
Explanation:
In economics, a country has a comparative advantage, if it can produce a specific good at a lower opportunity cost, which implies the loss of choosing the product over others is low. Also, mutual gains are possible if each country specializes in the product with a comparative advantage. Moreover, to know which country has an opportunity advantage you need to calculate the opportunity cost of 1 unit, or, in this case, 1 ton of the product.
In the case of the U.S. you already know 1 ton of potatoes is equivalent to 0.5 tons of wheat, which is the opportunity cost. Now, let's calculate this factor for the production of 1 ton of potatoes in Ireland
3 tons of potatoes = 2 tons of wheat 1. Use 3 (tons of potatoes) and divide both numbers into three
3 tons of potatoes/ 3 = 2 tons of wheat / 3
1 ton of potatoes = 0.66
This shows the opportunity cost in the USA is lower and this represents a comparative advantage as less is lost when potatoes are chosen over wheat. Thus, to benefit both countries the USA should specialize in potatoes due to the higher comparative advantage or lower opportunity cost.
On July 1, 20Y1, Livingston Corporation, a wholesaler of manufacturing equipment, issued $46,000,000 of 20-year, 10% bonds at a market (effective) interest rate of 11%, receiving cash of $42,309,236. Interest on the bonds is payable semiannually on December 31 and June 30. The fiscal year of the company is the calendar year. Required: For all journal entries, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. 1. Journalize the entry to record the amount of cash proceeds from the issuance of the bonds on July 1, 20Y1. 20Y1 July 1 2. Journalize the entries to record the following: a. The first semiannual interest payment on December 31, 20Y1, and the amortization of the bond discount, using the straight-line method. Round to the nearest dollar. 20Y1 Dec. 31 b. The interest payment on June 30, 20Y2, and the amortization of the bond discount, using the straight-line method. Round to the nearest dollar. 20Y2 June 30 3. Determine the total interest expense for 20Y1. $ 4. Will the bond proceeds always be less than the face amount of the bonds when the contract rate is less than the market rate of interest
Answer and Explanation:
1 . The journal entries are shown below;
Cash Dr $42,309,236
Discount on bond payable $3,690,764
To Bond payable $46,000,000
(Being the issuance of the bond is recorded)
2. a.
Interest expense Dr $2,392,269
To Discount on bond payable ($3,690,764 ÷ 20 years × 2) $92,269.10
To Cash $23,000,000 ($46,000,000 ÷ 2 years)
(Being the interest expense is recorded)
b.
Interest expense Dr $2,392,269
To Discount on bond payable ($3,690,764 ÷ 20 years × 2) $92,269.10
To Cash $23,000,000 ($46,000,000 ÷ 2 years)
(Being the interest expense is recorded)
3. Total interest expense is $2,392,269
4. Yes, bond payments will always be lower than the face value of bonds, if the contract rate is lower than the interest rate on the market.
James is an agreeable and emotionally stable person. A _______ , he inspires his employees to believe in the changes he wants to make to the organization.
a) transformational leader
b) transactional leader
Answer:
transformational leader
Betty Harrington owns a floor covering firm. Her market research is telling her that she is taking business away from the large home improvement stores in her trade area. One thing that Betty is worried about is that the large stores might fight back by lowering their prices, which hurts everyone except the consumer. The day-to-day challenge of firm growth that this example is referring to is:
Answer:
price stability
Explanation:
In this scenario, the day-to-day challenge of firm growth that this example is referring to is price stability. Since the prices of the competing store are being changed (on purpose) Betty Harrington's firm will have a hard time adjusting in order to continue competing with the larger competing store, especially if the larger store lowers the price too much that Betty's store cannot actually lower theirs to that price. Thus ultimately forcing her out of the market.
On April 29, Welllington Co. paid $1,760 to repair the transmission on one of its delivery vans. In addition, Welllington paid $52 to install a GPS system in its van.
Journalize the entries for the transmission and GPS system expenditures. Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.
CHART OF ACCOUNTSGarcia Associates Co.General Ledger
ASSETS
110 Cash
111 Petty Cash
112 Accounts Receivable
114 Interest Receivable
115 Notes Receivable
116 Merchandise Inventory
117 Supplies
119 Prepaid Insurance
120 Land
123 Delivery Van
124 Accumulated Depreciation-Delivery Van
125 Equipment
126 Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment
130 Mineral Rights
131 Accumulated Depletion
132 Goodwill
133 Patents
LIABILITIES
210 Accounts Payable
211 Salaries Payable
213 Sales Tax Payable
214 Interest Payable
215 Notes Payable
EQUITY
310 Owner, Capital
311 Owner, Drawing
312 Income Summary
REVENUE
410 Sales
610 Interest Revenue
620 Gain on Sale of Delivery Van
621 Gain on Sale of Equipment
EXPENSES
510 Cost of Merchandise Sold
520 Salaries Expense
521 Advertising Expense
522 Depreciation Expense-Delivery Van
523 Delivery Expense
524 Repairs and Maintenance Expense
529 Selling Expenses
531 Rent Expense
532 Depreciation Expense-Equipment
533 Depletion Expense
534 Amortization Expense-Patents
535 Insurance Expense
536 Supplies Expense
539 Miscellaneous Expense
710 Interest Expense
720 Loss on Sale of Delivery Van
721 Loss on Sale of Equipment
Answer:
April 29,
DR Accumulated Depreciation - Delivery Van $1,760
CR Cash $1,760
(To record repair of van)
April 29,
DR Delivery Van $52
CR Cash $52
(To record installation of GPS system in Van)
Explanation:
The transmission being faulty in the Van is part of the depreciation of the van and so when it is fixed, it reduces the depreciation of the van. The amount needs to be debited to the Accumulated Depreciation Account to signal that it is a reduction.
Installing a new GPS in a Van is an additional benefit to the van that will last for a period of more than a year hence it should be capitalised and added to the cost of the Delivery Van.
Assume that ExxonMobil uses a standard cost system for each of its refineries. For the Houston refinery, the monthly fixed overhead budget is $8,000,000 for a planned outputs of 5,000,000 barrels. For September, the actual fixed cost was $8,750,000 for 5,100,000 barrels.
Required
a. Determine the fixed overhead budget variance.
b. If fixed overhead is applied on a per-barrel basis, determine the volume variance.
c. Provide formulas and an explanation.
Answer:
a. Fixed overhead budget variance = Budgeted fixed overhead - Actual fixed overhead
= $8,000,000 - $8,750,000
= $750,000 Unfavorable
b. Predetermined overhead rate per barrel = $8,000,000 / 5,000,000
= $1.60 per barrel
Fixed overhead applied = 5,100,000 * $1.60
= $8,160,000
Fixed overhead volume variance = Fixed overhead applied - Budgeted fixed overhead
= $8,160,000 - $8,000,000
= $160,000 Favorable
c. Fixed overhead budget variance = Budgeted fixed overhead - Actual fixed overhead
Predetermined overhead rate per barrel = Budgeted fixed overhead / Planned outputs
Fixed overhead volume variance = Fixed overhead applied - Budgeted fixed overhead
Galaxy Corp. is considering opening a new division to make iToys that it expects to sell at a price of $15,250 each in the first year of the project. The company expects the cost of producing each iToy to be $6,700 in the first year; however, it expects the selling price and cost per iToy to increase by 3.00% each year.
Based on the preceding information and rounding dollar amounts to the nearest whole dollars, the company expects the selling price in the fourth year of the project to be_______ , and it expects the cost per unit in the fourth year of the project to be _______.
Answer:
Selling price= $17,164
Unitary variable cost= $7,541
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Selling price in the first year= $15,250
Unitary variable cost on the first year= $6,700
Increase rate= 3%
To calculate the selling price and variable cost per unit in the fourth year, we need to use the following formula:
FV= PV*(1+i)^n
PV= current value
i= increase rate
n= number of years
Selling price= 15,250*(1.03^4)= $17,164
Unitary variable cost= 6,700*(1.03^4)= $7,541
Builtrite bonds have the following: 5 ½% coupon, 11 years until maturity, $1000 par and are currently selling at $1054. If you want to make an 5% return, what would you be willing to pay for the bond?
Answer:
$1,041.53
Explanation:
The price that a rational investor would pay for the bond yearning for 5% rate of return can be determined using excel pv function below:
=-pv(rate,nper,pmt,fv)
rate is the yield expected by the investor
nper is the number of annual coupons remaining i.e 11
pmt is the amount of annual coupon=face value*coupon rate=$1000*5.5%=$55
fv is the face value of $1000
=-pv(5%,11,55,1000)=$1,041.53
Suppose you run a lawn mowing business. You charge $15 per lawn, you can mow five lawns in an eight hour day, and you work five days a week. You currently have more people asking you to mow their lawns than you can satisfy so you are considering hiring someone to help. Your other option is to rent a riding lawn mower that will enable you to mow seven lawns each day. Your friend Jim, a good worker, will work for $8 per hour and will be able to mow five lawns in an eight hour day also. If you rent a riding mower, it will cost you $100 per week plus $25 for gas and oil.
Required:
What is your best option? Explain why you believe this is your best choice.
Answer:
Option 2
Explanation:
Option 1 If we hire someone to help
Revenue = $15/lawn x 5 lawns per day
Revenue = $75 x 7 days = $525
Total cost = Rate per hour x No. of lawns per day x No, of hours worked
Total cost = $8 x 5 x $8
Total cost = $320 x 7days = 2,240
Profit/Loss = $525- $2,240
Profit/loss = $1,715 loss
Option 2 If we rent a riding mower
Revenue = 7 lawns per day x $15/lawn x 7 days
Revenue = $735
Cost = $100 + $25 for gas and oi
Cost = $125
Profit/loss = $610
The best option would be Option 2 because Firstly it is very much low in cost and provides us a great revenue secondly, it also increases our work efficiency.
Suppose that you take $50 in currency out of your pocket and deposit it in your checking account. If the required reserve ratio is 8%, what is the largest amount (in dollars) by which the money supply can increase as a result of your action?
Answer:
The largest amount (in dollars) by which the money supply can increase as a result of the action is $625.
Explanation:
This is an example of money multiplier.
Money multiplier refers to the maximum amount of money that commercial bank can create or generate with each dollar of reserves.
Reserves or required reserves refer to the amount of money or portion of deposit that the central bank such as the Federal Reserve requires banks to hold and not lend.
In order to determine the largest amount (in dollars) by which the money supply can increase as a result of $50 deposit, money multiplier is used to multiply the $50 deposit.
The formula for the money multiplier is given as follows:
Money multiplier = 1/r
Where;
r = required reserve ratio = 8%, or 0.08.
Therefore, we have:
Money multiplier = 1 / 0.08 = 12.50
Largest amount of increase = Amount of deposit * Money multiplier = $50 * 12.50 = $625.
Therefore, the largest amount (in dollars) by which the money supply can increase as a result of the action is $625.
Many Western European countries are giving monetary incentives to employees who have multiple children. Why would they do this? How would a baby boom change Japan's demographics?
Answer:
The incentive is to encourage more families to have more children.
A baby boom in Japan will ensure that there is enough workforce to maintain the growing economy in the future.
Explanation:
The western countries, especially Europe is battling with population decline, which is estimated to have an economic impact in the future, due to a potential decline in the labor force in the future. To counter this, many of these western nations have crated policies that encourages childbirth by providing incentive for families with multiple children, reducing tax for such families, and even as far as up to 12 to 16 months paid paternity and maternity leave, when a couple has a new baby. Couples are also given government paychecks when they go on childbirth leave.
Japan is one of the countries that has been experiencing a population decline in recent years. The number of death seem to be more than the number of births. The general effect is the fear of a dwindling work force of the future. This will lead to more people retiring later, and there would be a huge pressure on the pension schemes, and the economy as a whole due to this. A population boom will mean that a future workforce is guaranteed, and the retirement age lowered, and the call for dependency on automation due to a shrinking workforce can be reviewed.
Many of the western and developed nations are now giving incentives to those who produce more than one child or multiple children.
As their economy is getting old and is aging hence in order to company the problem of the aging of population monetary incentives are given. The baby boom is a condition related to the growth of babies. Japan is a greying nation that has a negatively declining trend of population. Due to the larger medical aid population is getting older and the birth rate is low. A baby boom may lead to an increase in youth and the young population. More children and more people.Learn more about the Western European countries that are giving monetary incentives.
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Suppose a stock has an expected return of 12% and a standard deviation of 6%. What is the likelihood that this stock returns between 12% and 18%
Answer: 34.13%.
Explanation:
Given : Expected return : [tex]\mu=12\%=0.12[/tex]
Standard deviation: [tex]\sigma=6\%=0.06[/tex]
Let x be the stock returns.
Then, the probability that stock returns between 12% and 18%:
[tex]P(0.12<x<0.18)=P(\dfrac{0.12-0.12}{0.06}<\dfrac{x-\mu}{\sigma}<\dfrac{0.18-0.12}{0.06})\\\\=P(0<Z<1)\ \ \ [\because z=\dfrac{x-\mu}{\sigma}]\\\\=P(Z<1)-P(Z<0)\\\\=0.8413-0.5\ \ \ \text{[By z-table]}\\\\=0.3413[/tex]
Hence, the likelihood that this stock returns between 12% and 18% is 34.13%.
Pinnacle Financial Services managers meet annually to create a list of potential future complications and plan how to respond to each possibility. Pinnacle is practicing _______ planning. single-use ad-hoc divisional-level contingency functional-level
Answer: contingency
Explanation:
Contingency planning is a form of planning that is used by an organization in order to plan ahead in case an event occurs. Contingency plans can also be called a 'Plan B' due to the fact that it's an alternative action in case things does not go as planned.
Therefore, based on the question, Pinnacle is practicing contingency planning.
2. [5 pts] Consider the following events: Scientists reveal that eating oranges decreases the risk of diabetes, and at the same time, farmers use a new fertilizer that makes orange trees produce more oranges. Illustrate and explain what effect these changes have on the equilibrium price and quantity of oranges.
Answer:
there would be a rise in equilibrium quantity and an indeterminate effect on equilibrium price
Explanation:
as a result of the scientists revelation, the demand for oranges would increase and so would the price.
as a result of the new fertilisers been used, the supply of oranges would rise and price would fall.
taking these two occurrences together, there would be a rise in equilibrium quantity and an indeterminate effect on equilibrium price
In your opinion, what are the three most important components that should be included when writing a mission statement? Why?
Answer:
1. Mission and Vision
2. Core Values
3. Goals and Objectives.
Explanation:
A mission statement is a formal, short, precise and concise summary of the what the company or business entails. This states the purpose of the firm or business, its core values and philosophy, as well as goal and objectives to their target customers, employees and the community at large.
Three most important components of mission statement are
1. Mission and Vision: brief description what the firm or business set to achieve.
2. Core Values: this is a brief description of cultural practices and guiding principles of employees acts and behaviours
3. Goals and Objectives: this is another short description of the set out goals and objectives of a firm or business, often for rest of the year.
A mission statement is an action-based statement that states the role and purpose of the existence of the organization. It also tells us how they serve their clients and customers.
A companies mission statement is the most important aspect of the company. The company sets its mission statement on the basis of its aims and objectives. Its roles in the market and policies its executes.Hence in my opinion the statement describes the main focus area of the company
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Alpaca Corporation had revenues of $260,000 in its first year of operations. The company has not collected on $19,300 of its sales and still owes $26,300 on $90,000 of merchandise it purchased. The company had no inventory on hand at the end of the year. The company paid $13,000 in salaries. Owners invested $10,000 in the business and $10,000 was borrowed on a five-year note. The company paid $4,900 in interest that was the amount owed for the year, and paid $6,000 for a two-year insurance policy on the first day of business. Alpaca has an effective income tax rate of 40%. Compute net income for the first year for Alpaca Corporation.
Answer:
$89,460
Explanation:
The computation of the net income is shown below:
Sales $260,000
Less: Cost of goods sold -$90,000
Gross margin $170,000
Less:
Salaries -$13,000
Insurance payment -$3,000 ($6,000 ÷ 2 years)
Interest -$4,900
profit before tax $149,100
Less: tax expense -$59,640
Net income $89,460
We simply deducted all expenses from the revenues so that the net income could arrive and the same is to be considered
A dry cleaner uses exponential smoothing to forecast equipment usage. The August forecast was 88% and the actual was 89.6%. Use a smoothing constant of 0.1.
A. Prepare a forecast for September.
B. Assuming actual September usuage of 92 %, prepare a forecast for October usage
Answer:
1. 88.16%
2. 88.54%
Explanation:
a. Prepare a forecast for September
Smoothing constant (a) is 0.1
Forecast for August (Ft) is 88%
Actual usage for August (At) is 89.6%
Forecast for September(Ft +1) will therefore be;
Using the formulae
= Ft+a (At-Ft)
= 88% + 0.1(89.6% - 88%)
= 88% + 0.16%
= 88.16%
b. Assuming actual September usage of 92% , prepare a forecast for October usage.
Since we have the following,
Smoothing constant(a) 0.1
Then forecast for September(Ft) is 88.16%
Also, actual usage for September (At) is 92%
Therefore, forecast for October (Ft + 1) will be,
Using the formula
= Ft+a(At - Ft)
= 88.16% + 0.1(92% - 88.16%)
= 88.16% + 0.384%
= 88.54%
From 1991 to 2000, the U.S. economy had an annual inflation rate of around 2.76%. The historical annual nominal risk-free rate for this same period was around 5.71%. Using the approximate nominal interest rate equation and the true nominal interest rate equation, compute the real interest rate for that decade. What is the estimated real interest rate using the approximate nominal interest rate equation for that decade?
Answer:
2.95% and 2.87%
Explanation:
The computation of the approximate real rate and the estimated real interest rate is shown below:
The Approximate real rate is
= Historic annual nominal risk free rate - Annual inflation rate
= 5.71% - 2.76%
= 2.95%
And, the estimated real interest rate is
= (1 + historical annual nominal risk free rate) ÷ (1 + annual inflation rate) - 1
= (1 + 0.0571) ÷ (1 + 0.0276) - 1
= 2.87%
We simply applied the above formulas so that each one could be determined
Kiley Corporation had these transactions during 2017.
Kiley Corporation had these transactions during 2017.Analyze the transactions and indicate whether each transaction is an operating activity, investing activity, financing activity, or noncash investing and financing activity.
A) Purchased a machine for $30,000, giving a long-term note in exchange.
B) Issued $50,000 par value common stock for cash.
C) Issued $200,000 par value common stock upon conversion of bonds having a face value of $200,000.
D) Declared and paid a cash dividend of $13,000.
E) Sold a long-term investment with a cost of $15,000 for $15,000 cash.
F) Collected $16,000 from sale of goods.
G) Paid $18,000 to suppliers.
Answer:
Operating Activities in the Cashflow statement refer to transactions involving the day to day running of the business in relation to the core business of the company such as revenue.
Investing Activities refer to capital transactions such as the purchase or disposal of fixed assets. It also includes the purchase or sale of securities belonging to other companies.
Financing Activities refer to the raising of money for the business and hence include Equity ( and dividends) and long term debt.
Non-cash investing and financing activity are Investing or Financing activities that were done without using cash but rather are exchanged.
A) Purchased a machine for $30,000, giving a long-term note in exchange. - Non-cash Investing and Financing activity
B) Issued $50,000 par value common stock for cash. - Financing Activities
C) Issued $200,000 par value common stock upon conversion of bonds having a face value of $200,000. - Non-cash Investing and Financing activity
D) Declared and paid a cash dividend of $13,000. - Financing Activities
E) Sold a long-term investment with a cost of $15,000 for $15,000 cash. - Investing Activities
F) Collected $16,000 from sale of goods. - Operating Activities
G) Paid $18,000 to suppliers. - Operating Activities
The Freeman Manufacturing Company is considering a new investment. Financial projections for the investment are tabulated below. The corporate tax rate is 34 percent. Assume all sales revenue is received in cash, all operating costs and income taxes are paid in cash, and all cash flows occur at the end of the year. All net working capital is recovered at the end of the project.
a. Compute the incremental net income of the investment for each year. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
b. Compute the incremental cash flows of the investment for each year. (Do not round intermediate calculations. A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign.)
c. Suppose the appropriate discount rate is 12 percent. What is the NPV of the project?
Complete question is given at the end of the question.
Answer with Explanation:
Requirement 1:
Net Income is an accounting profits which includes both cash flow items and non cash flow items. It can be calculated as under:
Net Income = (Sales - Cost - Depreciation) - (Income Before Tax * Tax Rate)
The computation is given in the Second excel sheet attached.
Requirement 2:
According to relevant costing principles if the cost is relevant then it must satisfy following conditions:
Must be cash flow in nature.Must be Future related (no past commitments).Differential or must be incrementalSo this means that the depreciation would not be taken into account as it is not a relevant cost and thus must not be included as an incremental cost.
Incremental Cash flow can be calculated using the following formula:
Incremental Cash Flow = Net Income + Depreciation (Removing its impact) - Working Capital Injection + Working Capital Withdrawal
The calculation for each year is shown in the second attachment.
Requirement 3:
The NPV can be calculated by discounting each year cash flow by the rate of return which in this case is 12%.
The formula for calculating the NPV is as under:
NPV = Investment in year zero - Net Cash Flow of Y1 / (1 + r)^1 - Net Cash Flow of Y2 / (1 + r)^2 - Net Cash Flow of Y3 / (1 + r)^3 - Net Cash Flow of Y4 / (1 + r)^4
The computation of NPV is given in the second attachment given below:
The stock in Bowie Enterprises has a beta of .85. The expected return on the market is 11.50 percent and the risk-free rate is 2.85 percent. What is the required return on the company's stock?
Answer:
10.203%
Explanation:
The stock in Bowie's enterprises has a beta of 0.85
The expected return on the market is 11.50%
The risk free rate is 2.85%
Therefore, the required return on the company's stock can be calculated as follows
Required return= Risk free rate+beta(market rate-risk free rate)
= 2.85+0.85(11.50-2.85)
= 2.85+ 0.85(8.65)
= 2.85+7.3525
= 10.203%
Hence the required rate in the company's stock is 10.203%
App Holdings is expected to pay dividends of $1.50 every six months for the next three years. If the current price of App Holdings stock is $22.60, and App Holdings' equity cost of capital is 18%, what price would you expect App Holdings' stock to sell for at the end of three years
Answer:
The answer is $34.36
Explanation:
FV = PV x (1 + R x ((1 + r))^T = $22.6 x (1 + {($1.5 / $22.60) x [1 + (18% / 2)]}^6 = $34.36
On Jan 15th, Mr. White discovered that the net income for the previous year was understated by $60,000. Mr. Black tells Mr. White that this net income of $60,000 should be shared in the proportion of their current capital balances. (Mr. White = 150,000/$250,000 = 60% = $36,000; Mr. Black = $100,000/$250,000 = 40% = $24,000). But Mr. White feels that the additional income should be shared in the ratio of 2:1 ($60,000 x 2/3 = $40,000 Mr. White; $60,000 x 1/3 = $20,000 Mr. Black). Who is correct? Why?
Answer:
Mr. Black is correct. There is a basis established by their current capital balances. Mr. White's ratio of 2 : 1 has not discernible basis, unless that has been their profit sharing ratio.
Explanation:
In the absence of any contrary agreement, partners in a partnership business always share their net income based on their capital contributions. Sometimes, this may not be strictly followed, especially with changes effected over the years, it becomes necessary to adopt home-grown solutions. One of such is the current capital balances, instead of the original capital contributions. This approach takes care of changes and value contributions over a number of years that the business has been in operation, which the current capital accounts will always show.
Raphael's Performance Pizza is a small restaurant in Philadelphia that sells gluten-free pizzas. Raphael's very tiny kitchen has barely enough room for the three ovens in which his workers bake the pizzas. Raphael signed a lease obligating him to pay the rent for the three ovens for the next year. Because of this, and because Raphael's kitchen cannot fit more than three ovens, Raphael cannot change the number of ovens he uses in his production of pizzas in the short run.
However, Raphael's decision regarding how many workers to use can vary from week to week because his workers tend to be students. Each Monday, Raphael lets them know how many workers he needs for each day of the week. In the short run, these workers are____________ inputs, and the ovens are_____________ inputs.
Answer:
However, Raphael's decision regarding how many workers to use can vary from week to week because his workers tend to be students. Each Monday, Raphael lets them know how many workers he needs for each day of the week. In the short run, these workers are variable inputs, and the ovens are fixed inputs.
Explanation:
In the long run, all inputs are variable because eventually lease contracts expire, or they can move to new facilities. But on the short run, some inputs are fixed due to certain restraints. In this case, the restraints are the size of the kitchen and the lease contract for three ovens.
In the short run, the only input that Raphael can vary is the number of workers that he employs every week.
A proposed project has fixed costs of $47,000 per year. The operating cash flow at 11,000 units is $69,000. a. Ignoring the effect of taxes, what is the degree of operating leverage
Answer: 1.68
Explanation:
From the question, we are informed that a proposed project has fixed costs of $47,000 per year and that the operating cash flow at 11,000 units is $69,000.
Ignoring the effect of taxes, the degree of operating leverage will be:
= 1 + ($47,000/$69,000)
= 1 + 0.68
= 1.68
Ecker Company reports $1,925,000 of net income for 2017 and declares $269,500 of cash dividends on its preferred stock for 2017. At the end of 2017, the company had 300,000 weighted-average shares of common stock.
1. What amount of net income is available to common stockholders for 2017?
2. What is the company's basic EPS for 2017?
Answer:
(A) $1,655,500
(B) $5.52 per share
Explanation:
Ecker company announced a net income of $1,925,000
They also declare a cash dividend of $269,500
The company has 300,000 weighted average shares of common stock
(A) The amount of net income available to common stockhloders for 2017 can be calculated as follows
Net income available to common stockhloders= Net income- Preferred Cash dividend
= $1,925,000-$269,500
= $1,655,500
(B) The common basic EPS for 2017 can be calculated as follows
Common basic EPS= Net income available to stockholders/weighted average outstanding shares
= $1,655,500/300,000
= $5.52 per share
Fixed Overhead Spending and Volume Variances, Columnar and Formula Approaches
Branch Company provided the following information:
Standard fixed overhead rate
(SFOR) per direct labor hour $5.00
Actual fixed overhead $305,000
BFOH $300,000
Actual production in units 16,000
Standard hours allowed for
actual units produced (SH) 64,000
Required
Enter amounts as positive numbers and select Favorable (F) or Unfavorable(U).
Using the columnar approach, calculate the fixed overhead spending and volume variances.
1 2 3
Spending Volume
Answer:
Fixed Overheads Spending Variance = $5,000 Unfavorable(U).
Fixed Overheads Spending Variance = $20,000 Favorable (F).
Explanation:
Fixed Overheads Spending Variance = Actual Fixed Overheads - Budgeted Fixed Overheads
= $305,000 - $300,000
= $5,000 Unfavorable(U).
Fixed Overheads Spending Variance = Fixed Overheads at Actual Production - Budgeted Fixed Overheads
= ($5.00 × 64,000) - $300,000
= $320,000 - $300,000
= $20,000 Favorable (F)
rojects A and B are mutually exclusive and have an initial cost of $78,000 each. Project A provides cash inflows of $32,000 a year for three years while Project B produces a cash inflow of $44,400 a year for two years. Which project(s) should be accepted if the discount rate is 10 percent
Answer:
Project A should be accepted.
Explanation:
The initial investment of project A = $78000
The initial investment of project B = $78000
The cash inflows of project A = $32000
The time period for project A = 3 years
The cash inflow of project B = $44400
The time period for project B = 2 years.
Interest rate (r ) = 10%
Now find the net present value of both project and then decide which one has to accept.
The net present value of project A:
[tex]=\frac{A(1-(1+r)^{-n})}{r} - \text{initial investment} \\= \frac{32000(1-(1+0.1)^{-3})}{0.1} - 78000 \\= 79579.26 – 78000 \\= $1579.26[/tex]
The net present value of project B:
[tex]=\frac{A(1-(1+r)^{-n})}{r} - \text{initial investment} \\= \frac{44400(1-(1+0.1)^{-2})}{0.1} - 78000 \\= - 942.14[/tex]
Project A should be accepted because project B has a negative net present value.
Suppose Sally borrows $1,000 from Harry for one year and agrees to pay a nominal interest rate of 8%. When she borrows the money, both she and Harry expect an inflation rate of 6%.
1. The expected real interest rate on the loan is_______%.
2. Suppose that when Sally pays back the loan after one year, the actual inflation rate turns out to be 4%. The actual real interest rate on the loan is______%.
3A. If the inflation rate turned out to be higher than expected, then_______.
3B. But if inflation turned out to be lower than expected, then_______.
Answer:
1. 1,89%
2. 3,85%
3A. A Lower real rate will be obtained, and Harry is in worse off position
3A. A Higher real rate will be obtained, and Harry is in better off position
Explanation:
Real Interest Rate is the Nominal Return that has been adjusted with the Inflation rate.
The effect of the inflation is to reduce the value of money over time.
If Inflation rate was 6%
Real Interest Rate = ( 1 + nominal return) / (1 + Inflation rate) - 1
= ( 1 + 0.08) / ( 1 + 0.06) - 1
= 0.0189 or 1,89%
If Inflation rate was 4%
Real Interest Rate = ( 1 + nominal return) / (1 + Inflation rate) - 1
= ( 1 + 0.08) / ( 1 + 0.04) - 1
= 0.0385 or 3,85%
The city of Oak Ridge is considering the construction of a four kilometer (km) greenway walking trail. It will cost $1 comma 000 per km to build the trail and $340 per km per year to maintain it over its 22-year life. If the city's MARR is 11% per year, what is the equivalent uniform annual cost of this project? Assume the trail has no residual value at the end of 22 years.
Answer:
equivalent uniform annual cost = $1,849.25
Explanation:
Initial cost $4,000
then 22 cash outflows of $1,360
discount rate 11%
using a financial calculator, we determine the NPV = -$15,119.01
EAC = (NPV x r) / [1 - (1 + r)⁻ⁿ]
EAC = (-$15,119.01 x 11%) / [1 - (1 + 11%)⁻²²] = -$1,663.09 / 0.89933 = -$1,849.25