The potential output of a country relies on three sources: human capital, physical capital, and technology. Changes in any one of these can change the growth rate in a country. In order to fully understand the sources of growth in an economy, both empirically and theoretically, it is important to understand what each group contains. Classify each item as something that affects human capital, physical capital, or technology.


a. More culinary school graduates
b. Company cars
c. Adult literacy increase
d. Development of smaller mp3 players
e. New distribution techniques
f. Doctors learning to use a new cancer treatment
g. Company computers
h. A new cancer treatment
i. More college students

Answer:

A country's economy or or the potential output depends on three factors. They are the Physical capital, the human capital and the technology it possesses.

Explanation:

Human capital, Physical capital and the technology a country has determines the potential output of a country. It affects the growth of the country economically. All these sources contains the following :

Human Capital :

a. More culinary school graduates

c. Adult literacy increase

f. Doctors learning to use a new cancer treatment

i. More college students

Physical capital :

b. Company cars

g. Company computers

Technology :

d. Development of smaller mp3 players

e. New distribution techniques

h. A new cancer treatment

Mark produced 9 cans of sauce with 3 pounds of tomatoes. When he increased to 5 pounds, he produced 13 cans. What is the marginal product?

Assume that you contribute $200 per month to a retirement plan for 20 years. Then you are able to increase the contribution to $300 per month for another 30 years. Given a 7 percent interest rate, what is the value of your retirement plan after the 50 years

A joint survey by Parade magazine and Yahoo! found that 59% of American workers say t

Select the correct answer.
The following is an extract of the balances of a company. What is the company’s return-on-assets percentage?

Items Amount ($)
Revenue 50,000
Expenses 10,000
Tax paid 10,000
Fixed assets 80,000
Current assets 20,000
A.
25 percent
B.
30 percent
C.
35 percent
D.
40 percent

Jackson bought a commercial vehicle for his business, Cleaners Inc., and paid by check. How will he journal this financial transaction?
A.
Cleaners Inc. Account (debit) Bank Account (credit)
B.
Jackson Account (debit) Bank Account (credit)
C.
Vehicle Account (debit) Bank Account (credit)
D.
Vehicle Account (debit) Cleaners Inc. Account (credit)

Sales-Related and Purchase-Related Transactions for Seller and Buyer Using Perpetual Inventory System The following selected transactions were completed during August between Summit Company and Beartooth Co.:

Aug.
1. Summit Company sold merchandise on account to Beartooth Co., $45,550, terms FOB destination, 2/15, n/eom. The cost of the goods sold was $27,960.
2. Summit Company paid freight of $1,125 for delivery of merchandise sold to Beartooth Co. on August 1.
5. Summit Company sold merchandise on account to Beartooth Co., $59,600, terms FOB shipping point, n/eom. The cost of the goods sold was $43,900.
9. Beartooth Co. paid freight of $2,440 on August 5 purchase from Summit Company.
15. Summit Company sold merchandise on account to Beartooth Co., $63,100, terms FOB shipping point, 1/10, n/30. Summit paid freight of $1,625, which was added to the invoice. The cost of the goods sold was $38,480.
16. Beartooth Co. paid Summit Company for purchase of August 1.
25. Beartooth Co. paid Summit Company on account for purchase of August 15.
31. Beartooth Co. paid Summit Company on account for purchase of August 5.

Required:
Journalize the August transactions for Beartooth Co.

Brody Corp. uses a process costing system. Beginning inventory for January consisted of 1,900 units that were 46% completed. 10,300 units were started during January. On January 31, the inventory consisted of 530 units that were 76% completed. How many units were completed during the period

Use the following information for questions 5 to 11 Company A uses the periodic inventory system. The beginning inventory consisted of 360 units that cost $65 each. During the month of February, the company made two purchases: on February 15, they bought 540 units at $68 each; on February 25, they bought 270 units at $70 each. Company A also sold 900 units during the month. How many units are in the ending inventory?
A. 1,170 units
B. 270 units
C. 360 units
D. 900 units

Two metrics that are used to measure a company's financial performance are net income and cash flow. Accountants emphasize net income as calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Finance people generally put at least as much weight on cash flows as they do on net income. Question 9 options: True False

White Company has two departments, Cutting and Finishing. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each department. The Cutting Department bases its rate on machine-hours, and the Finishing Department bases its rate on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the year, the company made the following estimates:

Department
Cutting Finishing
Direct labor-hours 6,100 72,000
Machine-hours 59,000 3,200
Total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $390,000 $443,000
Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $3.00 -
Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour - $4.75

a. Compute the predetermined overhead rate to be used in each department.
b. Assume that the overhead rates you computed in (1) above are in effect. The job cost sheet for Job 203, which was started and completed during the year, showed the following:

Department
Cutting Finishing
Direct labor-hours 4 19
Machine-hours 80 4
Materials requisitioned $770 $360
Direct labor cost $36 $180
Compute the total manufacturing cost assigned to Jobe 203.

c. Would you expect substantially different amounts of overhead cost to be charged to some jobs if the company use a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor-hours instead of using departmental rates?

Griffins Goat Farm, Inc., has sales of $667,000, costs of $329,000, depreciation expense of $73,000, interest expense of $46,500, a tax rate of 25 percent, and paid out $47,000 in cash dividends. The firm has 27,200 shares of common stock outstanding.
a. What are the earnings per share figure? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
b. What are the dividends per share figure? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
a. Earnings per share
b. Dividends per share

External hiring reduces organizational diversity.

What is the difference between marketing and selling?​

Suppose there are only two firms that sell tablets, Padmania and Capturesque. The payoff matrix below shows the profits (in millions of dollars) each company will earn depending on whether it sets a high or low price for its tablets. For example, the lower-left cell shows that if Padmania prices low and Capturesque prices high, Padmania will earn a profit of $15 million and Capturesque will earn a profit of $2 million. Assume this is a simultaneous game and Padmania and Capturesque are both profit-maximizing firms.

Capturesque
Padmania high price low price
high price 11,11 2,15
low price 15, 2 8, 8

1. If Padmania prices high, Capturesque will make more profit if it chooses a _____ price, and if Padmania prices low, Capturesque will make more profit if it chooses a _____ price.
2. If Capturesque prices high, Padmania will make more profit if it chooses a _____ price, and if Capturesque prices low, Padmania will make more profit if it chooses a _____ price.
3. Considering all of the information given, pricing low _____ a dominant strategy for both Padmania and Capturesque.
4. If the firms do not collude, what strategies will they end up choosing?
a. Both Padmania and Capturesque will choose a low price.
b. Padmania will choose a high price and Capturesque will choose a low price.
c. Both Padmania and Capturesque will choose a high price.
d. Padmania will choose a low price and Capturesque will choose a high price.
5. True or False: The game between Padmania and Capturesque is an example of the prisoners' dilemma.

Partners Cantor and Dickens have capital balances in a partnership of $160,000 and $240,000, respectively. They agree to share profits and losses as follows:

Cantor Dickens
As salaries $40,000 $48,000
As interest on capital at the beginning of the year 10% 10%
Remaining profits or losses 50% 50%
If income for the year was $120,000, what will be the distribution of income to Cantor?

A. $40,000
B. $52,000
C. $64,000
D. $56,000

Barbara's Bakery purchased three new 7-year assets last year. She chose NOT to use Section 179 immediate expensing or take bonus depreciation. The furnishings were purchased for $15,000 in April, the equipment for $6,000 in July, and the appliances for $40,000 in November. Using the appropriate MACRS depreciation tables in the Appendix, what amount of depreciation expense is allowable in the current (second) year of ownership?
a) $16,806
b) $14,939
c) $16,163
d) $16,072

Payment for goods purchased should be vouched with the help of______​

John and Mary Johnson were divorced in January 2018. By terms of their divorce decree John had to pay alimony to Mary at the rate of $50,000 in 2018, $25,000 in 2019, and zero in 2020. For the first three years of the agreement, determine what portions of the payments are deductible by John and includible in Mary's gross income.

Business writing is more forceful when it uses active- voice verbs. Revise the following sentences so that verbs are in
the active voice. Put the emphasis on the doer of the action. Add subjects if necessary.
Example Antivirus software was installed on her computer.
Revision Madison installed antivirus software on her computer.
a. To protect students, laws were passed in many states that prohibited the use of social security numbers as identification. 

b. Software was installed to track how much time employees spend surfing the Web. 

c. Checks are processed more quickly by banks because of new regulations. 

d. Millions of packages are scanned by FedEx every night as pack- ages stream through its Memphis hub. 

e. Companies are being advised by analysts that tablet computers have to be replaced more often than PCs. 


Smith Company adds its annual cash investment to plan assets in the amount of $5 million. The journal entry to record this includes

What are the 4 types of customer
segmentations?

Alcorn Service Company was formed on January 1, Year 1.

Events Affecting the Year 1 Accounting Period

1. Acquired $66,000 cash from the issue of common stock.
2. Purchased $2,400 of supplies on account.
3. Purchased land that cost $30,000 cash.
4. Paid $2,400 cash to settle accounts payable created in Event 2.
5. Recognized revenue on acount of $54,000
6. Paid $27,000 cash for other operating expenses.
7. Collected $44,000 cash from accounts receivable.

Information for Year 1 Adjusting Entries

8. Recognized accrued salaries of $3,800 on December 31, Year 1.
9. Had $800 of supplies on hand at the end of the accounting period.


Events Affecting the 2019 Accounting Period
1. Acquired $26,000 cash from the issue of common stock.
2. Paid $3,800 cash to settle the salaries payable obligation.
3. Paid $5,400 cash in advance to lease office space.
4. Sold the land that cost $30,000 for $30,000 cash.
S. Received $6,600 cash in advance for services to be performed in the future.
6. Purchased $1,600 of supplies on account during the year.
7. Provided services on account of $38,000.
8. Collected $39,000 cash from accounts receivable.
9. Paid a cash dividend of $5,000 to the stockholders.
10. Paid other operating expenses of $25,500.

Information for 2019 Adjusting Entries
11. The advance payment for rental of the office space (see Event 3) was made on March 1 for a one-year term.
12. The cash advance for services to be provided in the future was collected on October 1 (see Event 5). The one-year contract started on October 1.
13. Had $900 of supplies remaining on hand at the end of the period.
14. Recognized accrued salaries of $4,500 at the end of the accounting period.
15. Recognized $1,000 of accrued interest revenue.

Required:
Identify each event affecting the 2018 accounting periods as asset source (AS), asset use (NJ), asset exchange (AE), or claims exchange (CC).

Suppose that the U.S. government decides to charge wine producers a tax. Before the tax, 10 million bottles of wine were sold every month at a price of $4 per bottle. After the tax, 3 million bottles of wine are sold every month; consumers pay $7 per bottle, and producers receive $2 per bottle (after paying the tax).
The amount of the tax on a bottle of wine is -----per bottle. Of this amount, the burden that falls on consumers is-------per bottle, and the burden that falls on producers is------per bottle.
True or False: The effect of the tax on the quantity sold would have been smaller if the tax had been levied on consumers.
a) True
b) False

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WeeBee Company has three assembly labor dassifications: 5-1, S-2, and S-3. The three dassifications are paid $16, $19, and $22 per hour, respectively. The assembly activity for a product uses an S-2 employee who performs that task in 24 minutes. To reduce the activity cost per unit, a product engineer proposes using a low rated employee who can perform the assembly in 21 minutes. A manager proposes using a lower-rated employee who can perform the assembly in 30 minutes Which of the following provides the most cost-effective solution?
a. use the S-2 employee
b. use either the 5-1 or 5-3 employee
c. use the S-3 employee
d. use the S-1 employee

Selected transactions for Ayayai Corp. during its first month in business are presented below.

Sept. 1 Issued common stock in exchange for $18,000 cash received from investors.
5 Purchased equipment for $8,500, paying $2,500 in cash and the balance on account.
8 Performed services on account for $18,000.
14 Paid salaries of $1,200.
25 Paid $2,500 cash on balance owed for equipment. 30 Paid $500 cash dividend.

Required:
Therow's chart of accounts shows Cash, Accounts Receivable, Equipment, Accounts Pay- able, Common Stock, Dividends, Service Revenue, and Salaries and Wages Expense.
a. Prepare a tabular analysis of the September transactions.
b. Journalize the transactions. Do not provide explanations.
c. Post the transactions to T-accounts.

Allocate costs in a basket purchase (LO7-1)
Red Rock Bakery purchases land, building, and equipment for a single purchase price of $460,000. However, the estimated fair values of the land, building, and equipment are $168,000, $308,000, and $84,000, respectively, for a total estimated fair value of $560,000.
Required:
Determine the amounts Red Rock should record in the separate accounts for the land, the building, and the equipment.

Record the following transactions.
1. Pay employee salaries of $600 by issuing checks.
2. Purchase computer equipment of $1,000 using a credit card.
3. Pay for maintenance of $400 for a company vehicle using a debit card.

Cameron Chemicals uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. During January, the Assembly Department completed its processing of 25,100 units and transferred them to the next department. The cost of beginning work in process inventory and the costs added during January amounted to $691,870 in total. The ending work in process inventory in January consisted of 3,800 units, which were 80% complete with respect to materials and 60% complete with respect to labor and overhead. The costs per equivalent unit for the month were as follows:

Materials Labor Overhead
Cost per equivalent unit $14.40 $4.50 $7.90

Required:

a. Compute the equivalent units of materials, labor, and overhead in the ending inventory for the month.
b. Compute the cost of ending inventory and of the units transferred to the next department for January.
c. Prepare a cost reconciliation for January.

Lauren Fine Clothing manufactures clothes for professional women. Lauren applies overhead at the rate of $15 per direct labor hour. During April, the company has budgeted 9,420 direct labor hours. At the end of April, 9,200 direct labor hours and $132,670 in manufacturing overhead had been incurred. To adjust for the difference between applied and incurred overhead, which journal entry would the firm record (using the pro-rated approach) given the following ending balances: