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The following data are taken from the financial statements of Sigmon Inc. Terms of all sales are 2/10, n/45. The reporting statement of a company is shown. A table with four columns is shown. The first column has no heading; the second columns heading is 20Y3; the third column heading is 20Y2; the third column heading is 20Y1. The headings, 20Y3, 20Y2 and 20Y1 are set in bold. The transactions listed are as follows: Accounts receivable, end of year is $ 725,000; $ 650,000 and $ 600,000; account are 5,637,500 and 4,687,500. For 20Y2 and 20Y3, determine (1) the accounts receivable turnover and (2) the number of days' sales in receivables. Round to the nearest dollar and one decimal place. Answer Check Figure: Accounts receivable turnover, 20Y3, 8.2 Pencil What conclusions can be drawn from these data concerning accounts receivable and credit policies
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The Holmes Company's currently outstanding bonds have a 9% coupon and a 14% yield to maturity. Holmes believes it could issue new bonds at par that would provide a similar yield to maturity. If its marginal tax rate is 25%, what is Holmes' after-tax cost of debt
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Federal Bank of America has loaned $9,000 to Southgate Animal Hospital, using a 90-day non-interest-bearing note. The bank discounted the note at 8%. The debit to Discount on Notes Payable in the general journal will be in the amount of
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An analyst wants to estimate the yield to maturity on a non-traded 4-year, annual pay bond rated A. Among actively traded bonds with the same rating, 3-year bonds are yielding 3.2% and 6-year bonds are yielding 5.0%. Using matrix pricing the analyst should estimate a YTM for the non-traded bond that is closest to:
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How much do I need to retire? Here are your assumptions. You are 30. You will retire when you are 65. You want $40,000 a year when you retire. You will be an aggressive investor today and have an average market return of 9%. When you retire, you will be conservative in your investing and get into bonds that have a market return of 4.5%. You expect that inflation will be 3%. You currently have $20,000 you put into the market this morning. You are expecting to live until 85. How much do you need to have saved when you turn 65? (Hint: if you want to work out how much you need to save every year, under PMT, it will be 36 years)
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A company using the periodic inventory system has inventory costing $142 on hand at the beginning of a period. During the period, merchandise costing $432 is purchased. At year-end, inventory costing $400 is on hand. The cost of goods sold for the year is
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Suppose you have a production technology that can be characterized by a learning curve. Every time you increase production by one unit, your marginal cost decreases by $6. There are no fixed costs, and the first unit costs you $76 to produce. Use the given information to fill in the marginal cost of each unit, as well as the total cost and average cost of each level of output. Quantity Marginal Cost Total Cost Average Cost (Units) ($) ($) ($/unit) 1 $76 $76 $76 2 $ $ $ 3 $ $ $ 4 $ $ $ 5 $ $ $ 6 $ $ $ Suppose you receive a request for proposal (RFP) on a project for two units. Your break-even price for two units is $ . Suppose that if you get the contract, you estimate that you can win another project for two more units. The break-even price for those next two units alone is $ .
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"Parker Company stock is currently selling for $130.00 per share and the firm's dividends are expected to grow at 6 percent indefinitely. Assuming Parker's most recent dividend was $5.50, what is the required rate of return on Parker's stock
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Helix Corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. It produces prefabricated flooring in a series of steps carried out in production departments. All of the material that is used in the first production department is added at the beginning of processing in that department. Data for May for the first production department follow: Percent Complete Units Materials Conversion Work in process inventory, May 1 73,000 100 % 50 % Work in process inventory, May 31 53,000 100 % 30 % Materials cost in work in process inventory, May 1 $ 57,900 Conversion cost in work in process inventory, May 1 $ 17,000 Units started into production 251,200 Units transferred to the next production department 271,200 Materials cost added during May $ 120,410 Conversion cost added during May $ 244,261 Required: 1. Calculate the first production department's equivalent units of production for materials and conversion for May. 2. Compute the first production department's cost per equivalent unit for materials and conversion for May. 3. Compute the first production department's cost of ending work in process inventory for materials, conversion, and in total for May. 4. Compute the first production department's cost of the units transferred to the next production department for materials, conversion, and in total for May.
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Blake and Ryan each invest $30,000 in a business and are given shares of stock in Jones Industries as evidence of their ownership interests. For this transaction, identify the effect on the accounting equation.
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g Greenville estimates that the production time for each bookshelf model is 0.8 hour and the production time for each floor model is 1 hour. The raw material costs are $17 for each bookshelf model and $19 for each floor model. Labor costs are $29 per hour using regular production time and $40 using overtime. Greenville has up to 3,100 hours of regular production time available each month and up to 1,700 additional hours of overtime available each month. If production for either cabinet exceeds demand in month 1, the cabinets can be stored at a cost of $12 per cabinet. For each product, determine the number of units that should be manufactured each month on regular time and on overtime to minimize total production and storage costs. If required, round your answers to the nearest whole number. If an amount is zero, enter "0".
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Barans Realty Co. pays weekly salaries of $18,000 on Monday for a six-day workweek ending the preceding Saturday. Journalize the necessary adjusting entry at the end of the accounting period, assuming that the period ends on Friday. Round your answers to nearest whole dollar.
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Quality Timber Pty Ltd is a well-established logging company. With below-average performance, their packaging department is consistently behind schedule. Employees often take long lunch breaks and frequently stop to chat with co-workers. However, the employees get along very well and frequently spend time together, even outside work. In this scenario, the performance norms are _____ and cohesiveness is _____, so productivity is ____.
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To create acceptance to an offer for a bilateral contract, _____. Select one: a. an offeree must perform the act requested by the offeror b. silence will never constitute acceptance of an offer c. acceptance must always be properly communicated to the offeror d. an offeror is allowed to word his or her offer so that the offeree will be bound to the contract
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Ship Co. produces storage crates that require 1.2 meters of material at $.85 per meter and 0.1 direct labor hours at $15.00 per hour. Overhead is applied at the rate of $9 per direct labor hour. What is the total standard cost for one unit of product that would appear on a standard cost card?
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The Abelinda Estate distributed some land, basis of $15,500 and fair market value of $18,000, to beneficiary Bartholomaus. The estate is subject to a 28% marginal income tax rate, and Bartholomaus is subject to a 32% marginal rate. What are the tax savings if the executor of the estate elects that the entity recognize the related realized gain
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Caldwell Company manufactures two products, Product A and Product B. The company's overhead costs consist of setting up machines, $105,000; machining, $50,000; and inspecting, $77,000. Information on the two products is:
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Secular inflation in the United States since 1960 has been most likely be the result of persistent leftward shifts of the aggregate demand curve. persistent rightward shifts of the long-run aggregate supply curve. persistent leftward shifts of the long-run aggregate supply curve. persistent rightward shifts of the aggregate demand curve.
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Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Following are the transactions of a new company called Pose-for-Pics. Aug. 1 Madison Harris, the owner, invested $8,200 cash and $35,200 of photography equipment in the company in exchange for common stock. 2 The company paid $3,800 cash for an insurance policy covering the next 24 months. 5 The company purchased office supplies for $1,050 cash. 20 The company received $5,031 cash in photography fees earned. 31 The company paid $845 cash for August utilities. Prepare general journal entries for the above transactions.
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Hilton Inc. sells a product for $51 per unit. The variable cost is $27 per unit, while fixed costs are $71,424. Determine (a) the break-even point in sales units and (b) the break-even point if the selling price were increased to $58 per unit. a. Break-even point in sales units units b. Break-even point if the selling price were increased to $58 per unit
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Isabellas, Inc., a local convenience store, sells soft drinks. It sells two large drinks for every small drink. A large drink sells for $ 3.00 with a variable cost of $ 0.60. A small drink sells for $ 1.25 with a variable cost of $ 0.50. The weighted average contribution margin is ________. (Round any intermediate calculations and your final answer to the nearest cent.) A. $ 2.40 per drink B. $ 1.58 per drink C. $ 1.85 per drink D. $ 5.55 per drink
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Assume that the Best Buy store in Exercise 3 has a policy of ordering cell phones from the supplier in lots of 500. Weekly demand for cell phones at the store is normally distributed, with a mean of 300 and a standard deviation of 200. The supplier takes two weeks to supply an order. If the store manager is using a continuous review policy and targeting a fill rate of 99 percent, what safety inventory should the store carry
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Find the expected return for Jackson Corporation. Round to the nearset hundredth percent. Answer in the percent format. Do not include % sign in your answer (i.e. If your answer is 4.33%, type 4.33 without a % sign at the end.)
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At the beginning of her current tax year, Angela purchased a zero-coupon corporate bond at original issue for $51,500 with a yield to maturity of 6 percent. Given that she will not actually receive any interest payments until the bond matures in 8 years, how much interest income will she report this year assuming semiannual compounding of interest
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