a. Develop a probability distribution for x
b. Compute the expected value of x
c. Compute the variance and standard deviation for x
d. Comment on what your results imply about wind conditions during boating accidents

a. Answer:The corresponding probabilities are obtained by converting the percentages into probabilities. That is, by dividing each value with 100.

F/N (where F =percentage of accidents and N =100)

Explanation:

 X 0 1 2 3 4

f(X) 0.096 0.57 0.238 0.077 0.019

b.  The formula for the expected value of a discrete random variable is E(x)= µ=∑xf(x)

X F(X) X.f(X)

0 0.096 0

1 0.57 0.57

2 0.238 0.476

3 0.077 0.231

4 0.019 0.076

Total         1      1.353

Hence, the value for expected value of X is 1.353

The formula for the variance of the discrete random variables is Var(x)= σ² =∑(x-µ)²f(x)

X F(X) (x-µ) (x-µ)² (x-µ)².f(x)

0 0.096 -1.353 1.8306 0.1757

1 0.57 -0.353 0.1246 0.0710

2 0.238 0.647 0.4186 0.0996

3 0.077 1.647 2.7126 0.2089

4 0.019 2.647 7.0066 0.1331

Total 1 3.235 12.0930 0.6884

Hence, the variance of the random variable x is 0.6884

The formula for the standard deviation of the discrete random variables is

σ=√(∑[(x-µ)².f(x)] )

Thus, the standard deviation is σ= √0.6884

                     =0.8297

Hence, the standard deviation of the random variable x is 0.8297  

Flexible Budgeting
At the beginning of the period, the Fabricating Department budgeted direct labor of $9,280 and equipment depreciation of $2,300 for 640 hours of production. The department actually completed 600 hours of production. Determine the budget for the department, assuming that it uses flexible budgeting.
Flexible Budgeting
At the beginning of the period, the Grinding Department budgeted direct labor of $55,200 and property tax of $30,000 for 2,400 hours of production. The department actually completed 2,900 hours of production. Determine the budget for the department, assuming that it uses flexible budget.

Hollyfield Corporation sold a piece of equipment on September 30, 2018 for $201,000 cash. The equipment had been purchased on January 1, 2012 for $450,000. It had an estimated useful life of 10 years and a $50,000 residual value. Hollyfield Corp. has been using the straight-line method of depreciation and has a year-end of December 31st. Compute the gain or loss on disposal.

US Corp. is charged with determining which small projects should be funded. Along with this assignment, she has been granted the use of $15,000 for a maximum of two years. She is considering three projects. Project A costs $7,500 and has cash flows of $4,000 a year for Years 1 to 3. Project B costs $8,000 and has cash flows of $3,000, $4,000, and $3,000 for Years 1 to 3, respectively. Project C costs $2,000 and has a cash inflow of $2,500 in Year 2. What decisions should she make regarding these projects if she assigns them a mandatory discount rate of 8.5 percent

Given the accelerated pace of technological change, in combination with deregulation, globalization, and demographic shifts, a firm will only be successful today if its:

a. resource advantage is maintained for a short period of time.
b. internal strengths change with its external environment in a dynamic fashion.
c. resource advantage is not causally ambiguous or socially complex.
d. competitive advantage is derived from static resource or market advantages.

Of the following statements, which best describes a legitimate disadvantage of cost-based pricing:
a. Marginal costs and revenues are difficult to measure
b. Determining the amount a customer is will to pay may require estimation
c. Most cost drivers are not readily available
d. Customers may not be willing to pay the price determined by the procedure

Feldpausch Corporation has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system: Activity Cost Pool Total Cost Total Activity Assembly $1,372,578 61,800 machine-hours Processing orders $63,235 2,010 orders Inspection $151,316 2,090 inspection-hours The company makes 600 units of product W26B a year, requiring a total of 1,200 machine-hours, 78 orders, and 34 inspection-hours per year. The product's direct materials cost is $49.55 per unit and its direct labor cost is $12.44 per unit. The product sells for $128.70 per unit. According to the activity-based costing system, the product margin for product W26B is:_____.a. $8,458.52.b. $10,920.12.c. $40,026.00.d. $10,912.40.

A bond has a modified duration of 8 and a price of 112,955 calculated using an annual effective interest rate of 6.4%. EMAC is the estimated price of this bond at an interest rate of 7.0% using the first-order Macaulay approximation. EMOD is the estimated price of this bondat an interest rate of 7.0% using the first-order modified approximation.Calculate EMAC - EMOD A. 91 B. 102 C. 116 D. 127 E. 143

Your dream is about to come true! You are about to buy your first classic sports car. To do so, you have arranged to borrow $65,000 from your local credit union. The interest rate on the loan is 6.00%. To simplify the calculations, assume that you will repay your loan over the next four years by making annual payments at the end of each year. According to the loan officer at the credit union, you must answer the following questions before you can go pick up your new car.

a. How much is the annual payment on your new car loan?
b. How much of your Year 2 payment will constitute interest on your loan?
c. How much of your Year 3 payment will be used to repay principal on the loan?
d. How much will you pay in total interest to finance the purchase of your $65,000 car?

Trevor heard a burglar entering through a living room window.He grinned as he picked up his gun. Crouching behind the sofa in his darkened home,he ambushed and killed the intruder with several well placed shots.He then added another notch in his trusty side-arm.Trevor most probably:____________

a. has exercised his constitutional right of self-defense.
b. has acted legally,because the shooting took place inside his home.
c. has acted legally if,but only if,the burglar was armed with a gun.
d. is guilty of a homicide,or at least voluntary manslaughter.

A five-year note payable would appear on the balance sheet as a(n) a.disclosure in the notes only. b.long-term liability for the entire amount owed. c.current liability for any portion due within one year. d.intangible asset.

Suppose that Raphael, an economist from an AM talk radio program, and Susan, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing Over saving incentives. The following dialogue Shows an excerpt from their debate:

Susan: I think it's safe to say that, in general, the savings rate of households in today's economy is much lower than it really needs to be to sustain an improvement in living standards.
Raphael: I think a switch from the income tax to a consumption tax would bring growth in living standards.
Susan: You really think households would change their saving behavior enough in response to this to make a difference? Because I don't.


The disagreement between these economists is most likely due to_____________ . Despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree?

a. Rent ceilings reduce the quantity and quality of available housing.
b. Immigrants receive more in government benefits than they contribute in taxes.
c. Having a single income tax rate would improve economic performance.

On September 30, 2018, the San Fillipo Corporation issued 8% stated rate bonds with a face amount of $280 million. The bonds mature on September 30, 2038 (20 years). The market rate of interest for similar bonds was 10%. Interest is paid semiannually on March 31 and September 30. ((FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)
Required:
Determine the price of the bonds on September 30, 2018. (Enter your answers in whole dollars. Round your final answers to nearest whole dollar amount.)
Table values are based on: 40 5% Amount Present Value Cash Flow Interest Principal Price of bonds $ 220,000,000

Favaz began business at the start of this year and had the following costs: variable manufacturing cost per unit, $9; fixed manufacturing costs, $60,000; variable selling and administrative costs per unit, $2; and fixed selling and administrative costs, $220,000. The company sells its units for $45 each. Additional data follow.

Planned production in units 10,000
Actual production in units 10,000
Number of units sold 8,500

There were no variances. The net income (loss) under absorption costing is:

a. (7500)
b. 9,000
c. 15,00
d. 18,000
e. Some other amount

10. Which of the following is NOT a reason that real GDP is a poor measure of a nation's
economic welfare?

A)Real GDP omits measures of political freedom.
b) Real GDP does not consider the value of people's leisure time.
c) Real GDP does not include the underground economy.
D) Real GDP omits household production.

Prepare general journal entries to record the transactions below for Spade Company by using the following accounts: Cash; Accounts Receivable; Office Supplies; Office Equipment:; Accounts Payable; Recording effects of K. Spade, Capital: K. Spade, Withdrawals; Fees Earned; and Rent Expense. Use the letters beside each transactions in T-accounts transaction to identify entries. After recording the transactions, post them to T-accounts, which serves as A the general ledger for this assignment. Determine the ending balance of each T-account.
a. Kacy Spade, owner, invested $100,750 cash in the company
b. The company purchased office supplies for $1,250 cash.
c. The company purchased S10,050 of office equipment on credit.
d. The company received S15,500 cash as fees for services provided to a customer.
e. The company paid $10,050 cash to settle the payable for the office equipment purchased in transaction c
f. The company billed a customer $2,700 as fees for services provided.
g. The company paid $1,225 cash for the monthly rent.
h. The company collected S1,125 cash as partial payment for the account receivable created in transaction f.
i. Kacy Spade withdrew $10.000 cash from the company for personal use.

Zoey Bella Company has a payroll of $10,000 for a five-day workweek. Its employees are paid each Friday for the five-day workweek. Journalize the adjusting entry required on December 31, assuming the year ends on a Thursday. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.
Date Description Post. Ref. Debit Credit

Vaughn, Inc. uses the dollar-value LIFO method of computing its inventory. Data for the past 3 years follow. Year Ended December 31 Inventory at Current-Year Cost Price Index 2019 $20,000 100 2020 22,464 108 2021 26,334 114 Compute the value of the 2020 and 2021 inventories using the dollar-value LIFO method.

You want to buy a house and will need to borrow $295,000. The interest rate on your loan is 6.37 percent compounded monthly and the loan is for 30 years. What are your monthly mortgage payments?

Sandhill Warehouse distributes hardback books to retail stores and extends credit terms of 2/10, n/30 to all of its customers. During the month of June, the following merchandising transactions occurred.

June
1 Purchased books on account for $2,575 (including freight) from Catlin Publishers, terms 2/10, n/30.
3 Sold books on account to Garfunkel Bookstore for $1,300. The cost of the merchandise sold was $900.
6 Received $75 credit for books returned to Catlin Publishers.
9 Paid Catlin Publishers in full.
15 Received payment in full from Garfunkel Bookstore.
17 Sold books on account to Bell Tower for $1,150. The cost of the merchandise sold was $750.
20 Purchased books on account for $900 from Priceless Book Publishers, terms 3/15, n/30.
24 Received payment in full from Bell Tower.
26 Paid Priceless Book Publishers in full.
28 Sold books on account to General Bookstore for $1,900. The cost of the merchandise sold was $970. 30 Granted General Bookstore $130 credit for books returned costing $90.

Required:
Journalize the transactions for the month of June for Sandhill Warehouse, using a perpetual inventory system.

Truck-Or-Treat specializes in leasing trucks to delivery companies. It is considering adding 25 more trucks to its available stock. Doing so will not change the risk of the company's business. The trucks depreciate over five years under the straight-line depreciation method, all the way to zero. Truck-Or-Treat believes that these newly added trucks would be able to bring the company $220,000 in annual earnings before taxes and depreciation (i.e., sales revenue minus costs of goods sold) for five years. The company is unlevered. It is in 21 percent tax rate bracket. The required annual rate of return on Truck-Or-Treat's unlevered equity is 15 percent. The risk-free rate, e.g., the Treasury bill rate, is 6 percent per year.

Required:
Calculate the maximum price that Truck-or-Treat should be willing to pay for the purchase of the new trucks if it remains an unlevered company. (In other words, what should be the "initial investment" of this unlevered truck project such that the project's NPV equals $0?

The controller of Sandhill Industries has collected the following monthly expense data for use in analyzing the cost behavior of maintenance costs. Month Total Maintenance Costs Total Machine Hours January $2,880 3,820 February 3,273 4,364 March 3,928 6,546 April 4,632 8,619 May 3,491 5,455 June 4,844 8,730 (a1) Determine the variable-cost components using the high-low method. (Round answer to 2 decimal places e.g. 2.25.)

Compute the future value of a $105 cash flow for the following combinations of rates and times.

a. r = 8%; t = 10 years
b. r = 8%; t = 20 years
c. r = 4%; t = 10 years
d. r = 4%; t = 20 years

The problem of determining what goods and services society should produce: would not exist if government owned all of the resources. exists because we can produce more than we need or want. exists because there are not enough resources to provide all of the goods and services that people want. would not exist if all goods and services were scarce.

During its first year of operations, Indigo Corporation had credit sales of $3,213,200, of which $361,300 remained uncollected at year-end. The credit manager estimates that $16,880 of these receivables will become uncollectible. Prepare the journal entry to record the estimated uncollectibles. (Assume an unadjusted balance of zero in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.) (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit LINK TO TEXTLINK TO TEXT INTERACTIVE TUTORIAL INTERACTIVE TUTORIAL Prepare the current assets section of the balance sheet for Indigo Corporation, assuming that in addition to the receivables it has cash of $91,990, merchandise inventory of $189,180, and supplies of $12,580. (List current assets in order of liquidity)

Assume that a $1,00,000 par value, semiannual coupon U.S. Treasury note with five years to maturity (YTM) has a coupon rate of 5%. The yield to maturity of the bond is 11.00%. Using ths information and ignoring the other costs involved, the value of the T-note is calculated as $773,871.23

Based on this calculation and an understanding of semiannual coupon bonds, complete the following statements:

1. Assuming the interest rates remain constant, the T-notes price is expected to _____________. (Increase or Decrease) Please Explain Why.
2. The T-note described is selling at a ________________. (Premium or Discount) Please Explain Why.
3. When valuing a semiannual coupon bond, the time period N in the present value formula used to calculate the price of the bond is treated in terms of ____________ periods. (Annual, 6 month, 4 month, 12 month)

Marko, Inc. is considering the purchase of ABC Co. Marko believes that ABC Co. can generate cash flows of $6,600, $11,600, and $17,800 over the next three years, respectively. After that time, they feel the business will be worthless. Marko has determined that a rate of return of 13 percent is applicable to this potential purchase. What is Marko willing to pay today to buy ABC Co.?
a. $39,420.00.b. $24,876.50.c. $28,896.22.d. $36,000.00.e. $27,261.50.

Lease Plan Effectively Manages Diversity
The term, glass ceiling, was used to represent an absolute barrier or solid roadblock that prevented women from advancing to higher-level positions. The ceiling resulted in women finding themselves stuck in lower-level jobs, ones that did not have profit and loss responsibility, and jobs with less visibility, power, and influence. This scenario is changing. This case illustrates the impact motivated leadership and changing company policies can have on gender diversity in the workplace. Per the United States Department of Labor, compared to women comprising 21 percent of the workforce in 1920, women comprised nearly half of the workforce in the United States in 2013, making gender diversity issues more and more important. This activity asks you to identify and apply your knowledge of such aspects of diversity.
Read the case below and answer the three questions that follow.
In 2003, the representatives of Lease Plan USA's top customers were mostly women, as was most the company's employees. However, men represented a large majority of top managers at the company, reflecting the old-boys network type culture that dominated the fleet industry. New leadership decided to change this and provided career counseling to women, revised reward systems to focus on performance instead of seniority, and replaced some existing managers. Two years ago, only one of seven top executives were a woman. Now, three of the top eight executives are women.

The company's new chief executive claims that these changes are motivated by strategy rather than political correctness. He says, "Lease Plan doesn't build anything…Our sustainable competitive advantages are people." Lease Plan now also implements a development program catered specifically for female employees. The program includes skills assessments, career guidance, communications, brand building, and panel discussions with female executives from other companies.
Lease Plan’s efforts have yielded very positive results in a short period. For example, a 2006 survey showed that 35 percent of women agreed that "management supports my efforts to manage my career," which was improved the following year to 47 percent. A growing percentage of women also feel that their opportunities are growing—increased to 30 percent from 22 percent.
Gerri Patton, Director of Client Activation, says the program helped her become more confident and outspoken. The 23-year Lease Plan veteran encourages her female subordinates to apply. "I wish I would have done that program 10 or 15 years ago," she says. "There's no telling where I would be...The sky would've been the limit."
After reading the case please answer three multiple questions below:
1) According to Eagly and Carli, and also supported by subsequent data analysis by the textbook authors, women have broken through the glass ceiling. Based on what you have read in the case, which of the following trends in gender diversity appears to be most supported by the outcomes of Lease Plan’s program changes?
Educational attainment—women earned the majority of bachelor’s and master’s degrees from 2006 through 2012.
Increases in seats on boards of directors—in Fortune 550 firms up to 16.6 percent in 2013 from only 9.6 percent in 1995.
Leadership positions—in educational institutions in 2010, women represented 18.7 percent of college presidents and 29.9 percent of board members.
Court Appointments—in federal court in 2013, women received 32 percent and 30 percent respectively of appointments to federal courts of appeals and US district court judge positions.
None of these
2) Which of Thomas’s generic action options for managing diversity is most illustrated in the case?
suppress
isolate
deny
include/exclude
tolerate
3) Based on the information in the case, which of the following barriers and challenges to managing diversity that were identified in the text appear to have been present at Lease Plan?
an unsupportive or hostile work environment
poor career planning
lack diversity in senior management
inaccurate stereotypes
difficulty in balancing career and family issues

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The general ledger of Jackrabbit Rentals at January 1, 2021, includes the following account balances:
Accounts Debits Credits
Cash $ 48,500
Accounts Receivable 32,700
Land 117,800
Accounts Payable 16,000
Notes Payable (due in 2 years) 37,000
Common Stock 107,000
Retained Earnings 39,000
Totals $ 199,000 $ 199,000
The following is a summary of the transactions for the year:
1. January 12 Provide services to customers on account, $69,400.
2. February 25 Provide services to customers for cash, $78,800.
3. March 19 Collect on accounts receivable, $46,400.
4. April 30 Issue shares of common stock in exchange for $37,000 cash.
5. June 16 Purchase supplies on account, $13,500.
6. July 7 Pay on accounts payable, $12,000.
7. September 30 Pay salaries for employee work in the current year, $71,200.
8. November 22 Pay advertising for the current year, $23,200.
9. December 30 Pay $3,600 cash dividends to stockholders.
The following information is available for the adjusting entries.
Accrued interest on the notes payable at year-end amounted to $3,200 and will be paid January 1, 2022. Accrued salaries at year-end amounted to $2,200 and will be paid on January 5, 2022. Supplies remaining on hand at the end of the year equal $3,000.
8-a. Prepare an income statement for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The Bug House purchased some new machinery last year at a total cost of $18,500. The depreciation to date on this machinery is $3,400. Should the firm opt to sell the machinery today, it could probably do so at a price of $14,150. What is the current book value of this machinery

Pet Supply purchased some fixed assets two years ago at a cost of $43,800. It no longer needs these assets so it is going to sell them today for $32,500. The assets are classified as five-year property for MACRS. The MACRS rates are 20%, 32% 19.2%, 11.52%, 11.52%, 5.76%, for years 1 to 6, respectively. What is the net cash flow (A-T Salvage Value) from this sale if the firm's tax rate is 35 percent