Answer:
The correct answer is the option C: Harmony will produce chicken and Singsong will produce fish.
Explanation:
To begin with, the term known as "Comparative Advantage" refers to the situation in where a country or an economic agent will produce more of a good and consume more of it when the fact of producing it will show that the agent has a relatively low cost of opportunity and also because that agent can produce that good at a very low cost in comparison with the other agent.
Once said that, it is understood that Harmony will produce chicken because the country can produce three of it when in comparison with Singsong who can produce only two. And both can produce one of fish so that means that Harmony will produce the good at which it is better and the other the one in that is left.
Once the government passes a bill to respond to a recession, it takes some time to disperse the funds to the appropriate agencies to start the programs. Economists call this time to start the projects the _________________.
Answer: implementation lag
Explanation:
The implementation lag is Implementation lag is the delay between an macroeconomic event that has an adverse effect on the economy and the implementation of either a fiscal or a monetary policy to correct the situation by the central bank or the government.
Once the government passes a bill to respond to a recession, it takes some time to disperse the funds to the appropriate agencies to start the programs. Economists call this time to start the projects the implementation lag.
The manager of a bulk foods establishment sells a trail mix for $5 per pound and premium cashews for $15 per pound. The manager wishes to make a 75-pound mixture of both that will sell for $13 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used
Answer:
15 pounds of trail mix60 pounds of premium cashewsExplanation;
75 pounds of the mixture should be made so assuming the trail mix is x and the premium cashew is y, the following expression is formed;
x + y = 75
The selling price per pound is $13 so in total, sales should be;
= 75 * 13
= $975
5x + 15y = 975
Substitution can then be used;
x + y = 75
y = 75 - x
Then;
5x + 15y = 975
5x + 15 ( 75 - x ) = 975
5x + 1,125 - 15x = 975
-10x = -150
x = 15
y = 75 - 15
= 60
15 pounds of trail mix
60 pounds of premium cashews
Chenrezic Music Stores, a chain of stores selling musical instruments, is trying to improve its customer service. While examining its checkout data, it learned that people who buy guitar covers also buy guitar straps and vice versa. In this scenario, the use of data mining to find better ways to improve customer service has also led to the discovery of a(n) .
Answer: Affinity pattern
Explanation:
Data mining is when patterns are being discovered in large data. From the question, we are informed that Chenrezic Music Stores, a chain of stores selling musical instruments, is trying to improve its customer service.
We are further told that while examining its checkout data, it learned that people who buy guitar covers also buy guitar straps and vice versa. In this
This shows that data mining has helped to find better ways to improve customer service has also led to the discovery of affinity pattern.
On January 2, 20X5, Lem Corp. bought machinery under a contract that required a down payment of $10,000, plus twenty-four monthly payments of $5,000 each, for total cash payments of $130,000. The cash equivalent price of the machinery was $110,000. The machinery has an estimated useful life of ten years and estimated salvage value of $5,000. Lem uses straight-line depreciation. In its 20X5 income statement, what amount should Lem report as depreciation for this machinery
Answer:
$10,500 per year
Explanation:
The computation of depreciation under SLM is shown below:-
Depreciation under Straight line method = (cash equivalent price of the machinery - Estimated salvage value) ÷ Useful life
= ($110,000 - $5,000) ÷ 10 years
= $10,500 per year
Therefore for computing the depreciation under straight line method we simply applied the above formula.
A buyer purchased a new residence for $175,000. The buyer made a down payment of $15,000 and obtained a $160,000 mortgage loan. The builder of the house paid the lender 3% of the loan balance for the first year and 2% for the second year. This represented a total savings for the buyer of $8,000. What type of mortgage arrangement is this
Answer:
Buydown, is the right answer.
Explanation:
This is a buydown mortgage arrangement because in the buydown financing technique the buyer tries to take lower interest rates in the initial year of the loan period. Moreover, some mortgage lenders provide buydown discounts or points as part of their promotion. Secondly, the builder pays the initial payment to the mortgage institution that results in the lower buyer’s payment.
A department mines the prior year’s data to determine if there are patterns related to absenteeism on a month-by-month basis. Which department (i.e. business function) benefits from this technology?
Answer:
The human resources / Payroll department
Explanation:
One of the function of human resources department is monitoring and evaluation of employee's performance. The rate of regularity of employees at work is highly relevant for this purpose and the prior years data on the absenteeism on a month - month basis could give an idea on whether they have been getting it right.
Another area is in the function of payroll. The attendance of employees at work is a major factor in arriving at the appropriate payroll. this function can also benefit from the prior years data to evaluate the accuracy of payroll activities.
Information processing errors consist of:_________
a. forecasting errors.
b. overconfidence.
c. conservatism.
d. framing.
Answer:
a. forecasting errors.
b. overconfidence.
c. conservatism
Explanation:
In information processing, the errors that occur are:
forecasting errors, overconfidence and conservatism.
In information processing, forecasting errors occur when people tend to give much weight. It tends to lead to extremism in forecasting. It causes deviation from the real to the forecasted information.
Overconfidence refers to when one believes that he is better than others. This is an information processing error.
Conservatism in information processing reveals the bias in human information processing. It leads to insufficiency in revising one's belief.
Marsh Corporation purchased a machine on July 1, 2012, for $1,250,000. The machine was estimated to have a useful life of 10 years with an estimated salvage value of $70,000. During 2015, it became apparent that the machine would become uneconomical after December 31, 2019, and that the machine would have no scrap value. Accumulated depreciation on this machine as of December 31, 2014, was $295,000. What should be the charge for depreciation in 2015 under generally accepted accounting principles
Answer:
$191,000
Explanation:
The computation of straight line depreciation is shown below:-
Straight line Depreciation:
= (Book value - Salvage value) ÷ Remaining life
= ($1,250,000 - $295,000 - 0) ÷ (From 2015 to 2019)
= ($1,250,000 - $295,000 - 0) ÷ 5 year
= $191,000
Therefore for computing the straight line depreciation we simply applied the above formula.
Starling Co. is considering disposing of a machine with a book value of $12,500 and estimated remaining life of five years. The old machine can be sold for $1,500. A new high-speed machine can be purchased at a cost of $25,000. It will have a useful life of five years and no residual value. It is estimated that the annual variable manufacturing costs will be reduced from $26,000 to $23,500 if the new machine is purchased. The five-year differential effect on profit from replacing the machine is a(n)
Answer: increase of $11,000
Explanation:
Based on the information that have been provided in the question, the five-year differential effect on profit from replacing the machine will be:
= $25000 - [5 × ($26,000 - $23,500)] - $1500
= $25,000 - (5 × $2500) - $1500
= $25,000 - $12,500 - $1,500
= $25,000 - $14,000
= $11,000
Therefore, there will be an increase of $11,000.
Blue Nile is an online retailer of diamonds that has used responsive transportation to ship diamonds to customers in the United States, Canada, and several countries in Europe and Asia. Which is the mode of transportation used with this strategy
Answer:
Air transportation.
Explanation:
Responsive transportation is a form of shared transportation system where regular public transit or a personalized taxi that are frequent on a particular route are used to enhance a speedy and economical delivery of items and passengers en - route different destinations but in the same direction.
Looking at the three major modes of transportation which are road , air and sea, the one that suits this scenario is the Air system.
Being an international route , the road system does not fit in , and the ship on the sea is not a good option for responsive transportation considering its speed.
A common tool used by events to reduce the potential for a lawsuit is A. holding parents responsible for their child's involvement in an event. B. employing volunteers as full-time employees. C. using a waiver and release of liability form. D. not allowing minors to participate in the event.
Answer:
C
Explanation:
A waiver is a documents that makes clear the related risks to an activity and protects one from liability that might occur as a result of undertaking such activities. The person undertaking the activity will need to sign a form that will release the other party from potential liability that could occur.
Similar to a waiver is the release of liability form which is a legal documents that prevents a party from suing another in the event of an accident for undergoing events that are inherently dangerous in nature.
a cashier ask for your help as a customer/member wants to make return one day beyond the return window
Answer
The answer is below
Explanation :
Most likely: Listen to the customer's reason for the return, and if the product has an expiry date, the answer is no returns, otherwise, I will accept the returns.
Least likely: I would say it is not feasible to do it without listening to the customer, most especially if the customer is rarely seen. This is to avoid unnecessary image damage to the firm, that could arise from the situation.
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Pisa, Inc. leased equipment from Tower Company under a four-year lease requiring equal annual payments of $344,152, with the first payment due at lease inception. The lease does not transfer ownership, nor is there a bargain purchase option. The equipment has a 4 year useful life and no salvage value. Pisa, Inc.’s incremental borrowing rate is 8% Pisa, Inc. uses the straight-line method to amortize similar assets. What is the amount of amortization expense recorded by Pisa, Inc. in the first year of the asset’s life?
Complete Question:
Pisa, Inc. leased equipment from Tower Company under a four-year lease requiring equal annual payments of $344,152, with the first payment due at lease inception. The lease does not transfer ownership, nor is there a bargain purchase option. The equipment has a 4-year useful life and no salvage value. Pisa, Inc.’s incremental borrowing rate is 10% and the rate implicit in the lease (which is known by Pisa, Inc.) is 8%. Pisa, Inc. uses the straight-line method to amortize similar assets. What is the amount of amortization expense recorded by Pisa, Inc. in the first year of the asset’s life?
PV Annuity Due PV Ordinary Annuity
8%, 4 periods 3.57710 3.31213
10%, 4 periods 3.48685 3.16986
a. $0 because the asset is amortized by Tower Company.
b. $284,968
c. $307,767
d. $300,000
Answer:
$307,767
Explanation:
We have to calculate the annuity value to estimate the value of the right to use and this is given as under:
Right to Use Value = Equal Annual Payments * (PV of Annuity due at 8%)
Here
Equivalent Annual Payment is $344,152
PV of Annuity due at 8% is 3.57710
By putting values, we have:
Right to Use Value = $344,152 * 3.57710 = $1,231,066
Now we will find amount of amortization expense recorded for first year:
Per year Amortization = $1,231,066 / 4 Years = $307,767
Joan, the editorial head of a daily newspaper, implements a change to the newspaper's outline. He discusses this change with Sylvia, the marketing head of the company, and advises her to improvise the marketing strategy based on the updated outline. In the context of organizational authority, Joan is most likely exercising _____.
Answer: staff authority
Explanation:
From the question, we are informed that Joan, the editorial head of a daily newspaper, implements a change to the newspaper's outline and he then discusses this change with Sylvia, the marketing head of the company, and advises her to improvise the marketing strategy based on the updated outline.
The organizational authority, that Joan is most likely exercising is the staff authority. This is the power given to an employee based on the role or work they do in the organization. He is applying the authority as a staff.
Cardinal Company's bank statement showed a balance at May 31 of $180,974. The only reconciling items consisted of a large number of outstanding checks totaling $51,847. At May 31, what balance should Cardinal's Cash account show
Answer:
$129,127
Explanation:
Cardinal company bank statement showed a balance of $180,974 at May 31
The reconciling items consisted of outstanding checks of $51,847
Therefore, the amount that should be shown in Cardinal cash account on May 31 can be calculated as follows
= $180,974-$51,847
= $129,127
Hence a balance of $129,127 should be shown on the Cardinal cash account on May 31
Correctly match the account balances related to AFS securities with the correct financial statement presentation
(1) Other Comprehensive Income
(2) Net Income
(3) Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
(a) Realized gains and losses from the sale of AFS securities
(b) Net fair value adjustments to date - net holding gains and losses to date
(c) Current period holding gains or losses
Answer:
Available-for-Sale Securities (AFS) are security instruments of another company that a company buys intending to sell before it matures or in the case of no maturity, the company intends to hold it for a while.
1. Other Comprehensive Income - Current period holding gains or losses
Available for Sale securities will see their values change as time goes on. The changes in their value have to be reflected in the books but because no money is actually being accrued or lost, this cannot be reflected in the Income statement. The various gains or losses in the current period will be recorded in Other Comprehensive Income.
2. Net Income - Realized gains and losses from the sale of AFS securities
When the AFS is actually sold, the gains or losses accrued will be sent to the Income statement as actual cash has now been accrued from its sale.
3. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income - Net fair value adjustments to date - net holding gains and losses to date.
While the various gains or losses in the current period will be recorded in Other Comprehensive Income, the accumulated gains or losses over the entire periods the security has been held is reported in the Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income which falls under the Equity section of the Balance sheet
XYZ assigns $6,000,000 of its accounts receivables as collateral for a $2 million 8% loan with a bank. Sun Inc. also pays a finance fee of 1% on the transaction upfront. What would be recorded as a gain (loss) on the transfer of receivables
Answer:
$0
Explanation:
Data provided in the question
Account receivable assigned = $6,000,000
For Collateral = $2 million
Percentage = 8%
Finance fee = 1%
Based on the above information, the amount of gain or loss that should be recorded at the time of transfer of receivable is zero as the account receivable is used for a collateral purpose ,not for sale purpose
Therefore, the $0 should be recorded
ABC is a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan sponsor. It would like to use its enrollees’ information to market non-health related products such as life insurance and annuities. To do so it must obtain authorization from the enrollees. Which statement best describes the authorization process?
Answer is given below
Explanation:
The Medical insurance company provided all consent knowledge to the patient or beneficiary. It should be well defined so that it can dispel all the doubts of the beneficiary. Must have a valid registration page. The beneficiary should give all the information related to the company. and the registration page should ask for all the information needed for a future claim. There should be a proper definition of coverage of illnesses and risks so that the beneficiary has no doubt.Answer:
Authorization may be obtained by directing a beneficiary to a website to provide consent as long as the website includes a mechanism for an electronic signature that is valid under applicable law
Explanation:
If a manager is called upon to hire a new vendor and negotiate the best services for the best price, which type of role is required?
Answer:
decision making role
Explanation:
Management roles vary depending on which type of manager we are talking about: upper, middle or lower management. Management roles include:
Leadership and Interpersonal RolesInformational RolesDecision Making Roles: are themselves divided into 4 categories (entrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator, negotiator). In this case, the manager is allocating resources since labor is a resource.Molly and Craig are the original parties to a contract. Craig is obligated to design a Website for Molly. They subsequently make an agreement with Eric that Eric should take the place of Craig and assume all of Craig's rights and duties under the contract. The agreement releases Craig from his obligations under the contract. This agreement is
Answer:
Novation
Explanation:
A novation is an agreement that is made between the two parties. In this, the one-party could take place or we can say the substituting of a new party could be done but the parties could ready for the novation
Here in the given scenario, since the Eric takes the place of Craig and its rights and duties are now with Eric
So this situation represents the novation agreement
Ken, a real estate agent, assures Lily that a certain parcel of commercial property fronts on the most highly trafficked street in Metro City. Lily buys the property and then discovers that the street has no more traffic than any other in its vicinity. Lily is most likely a victim of Group of answer choices
Options :
a. mistake.
b. opinion.
c. an adhesion contract.
d. fraud.
Answer: Fraud
Explanation: From the scenario described above, it could be inferred that Ken, the real estate agent used trickery to lure Lily into purchasing the property. Hence, Lily could be said to have been defrauded by Ken who used what Lily needed to trick her into making the purchase because the main specification, that is high traffic, which Ken used to lure Lily was actually false. Fraud remains a grave offence as it could only be carried out by lying, issuing false statement, blackmail, impersonation and other grave offences.
A farm is currently producing at point C on this curve.
If they decided to move production to any other point on the curve, what would be the MOST LIKELY result.
The farm would make more money since they would produce more apples or oranges.
The farm would face trade offs in production of apples or oranges.
The farm would produce more apples and less oranges.
Answer:
the farm would face trade offs in production of apples or oranges
Explanation:
i have a brain and I used it
All of the following are important emergency management planning principles EXCEPT FOR: A. Planning must be community based, representing the whole population and its needs. B. Planning is fundamentally a process to manage risk. C. Planning should be flexible enough to address both traditional and catastrophic incidents. D. Planning results in unique plans for every type of threat or hazard.
Answer:
Correct Answer:
A. Planning must be community based, representing the whole population and its needs.
Explanation:
In any given situation, there maybe need to manage and mitigate the threat, hazards caused by an individual. This mitigation would be done through planning in-order to over come it. And, also, the planning could be individual based or group based (Community type of planning).
Answer:
D. Planning results in unique plans for every type of threat or hazard.
Explanation:
Emergency Management Plans are those measures developed ahead of time to handle emergencies. These plans are developed to handle activities that are prone to risks. Examples include natural disasters and cybercrimes. When making these plans, care should be taken to ensure that they embrace a 'whole-of-community' approach. This entails a careful analysis of the different categories of people that can be affected by these disasters as well as the specific locations where they can occur in the community. The methods developed should also be flexible enough to handle both local crises as well as very severe crisis.
It is important to note that unique plans cannot be developed for every type of hazard, rather common capabilities should be identified which can be applied to all hazards.
has a major medical insurance policy with a $500 calendar-year deductible, a $5,000 out-of-pocket limit, and 80-20 coinsurance. was hospitalized for a surgical procedure in March, his first healthcare treatment during the year. The total bill was $20,000. Considering the deductible and coinsurance, how much of this amount must pay
Answer: $3,900
Explanation:
First the deductible has to be removed.
= 20,000 - 500
= $19,500
With a $5,000 out-of-pocket limit, and 80-20 coinsurance, the insured is to pay 20% of the remaining balance but the maximum they can pay is $5,000 in a given period.
= 20% * 19,500
= $3,900
He will pay $3,900
Gilbert & Sons is a leveraged firm. It has 300,000 shares of stock outstanding with a market price of $32 per share. The company also has $6.6 million of debt outstanding that sells at par. The pre-tax cost of debt is 9 percent and the unlevered cost of capital is 12 percent. What is the cost of equity if the tax rate is 35 percent?
Answer:
13.34%
Explanation:
According to the MM theory :
re = ro + (ro - rd)(1-t)D/E
where re = cost of equity
ro = unlevered cost of capital
t = tax rate
d/e = debt to equity ratio
equity = 300,000 x $32 = $9,600,000
D/E = $6.6 million / $9.6 million = 0.6875
12% + (12% - 9%) x (1-0.35) x 0.6875 = 13.34%
If you buy a burger and fries at your favorite fast food restaurant, Group of answer choices then neither GDP nor consumption will be affected because you would have eaten at home had you not bought the meal at the restaurant. then GDP will be higher, but consumption spending will be unchanged. then GDP will be unchanged, but consumption spending will be higher. then both GDP and consumption spending will be higher.
Answer:
d. then both GDP and consumption spending will be higher
Explanation:
In case when the consumer purchased a burger and the fries to the favorite of his fast-food restaurant than it leads to an increase in the spending of the consumer and the Gross domestic product
As if the consumer spends his money so automatically his consumer spending risen also leads to the increase in gross domestic product.
Therefore the last option is correct
Gordy's Corp. has seven employees. Each earns $800 per week for a five day work week ending on Friday. This month, the last day of the month falls on a Thursday. The company should make an adjusting entry:
Answer:
The journal entry to record the wages expense for the month is:
Thursday, end of month, wages expense:
Dr Wages expense 640
Cr Wages payable 640
The adjusting entry made on Friday would be:
Friday, first day of the new month, wages expense:
Dr Wages expense 140
Dr Wages payable 640
Cr Cash 800
is considering an investment with an initial cost of $236,000. In Year 4, the project will require an additional investment and finally, the project will be shut down in Year 7. The annual cash flows for Years 1 to 7, respectively, are projected as $64,000, $87,000, $91,000, −$48,000, $122,000, $154,000, and −$30,000. If all negative cash flows are moved to Time 0 using a discount rate of 13 percent, what is the project's modified IRR?
Answer:
18.54%
Explanation:
The computation of the project modified IRR is shown below:
Here we use the spreadsheet for determining the IRR
but before that we need to find out the cash inflows
Years Amount (in dollars)
Year 0: = - $278,191.12
($236,000 - $48,000 ÷ 1.13^4 -$30,000 ÷ 1.13^7)
Year 1: 64000
Year 2: 87000
Year 3: 91000
Year 4: 0
Year 5: 122000
Year 6: 154000
Year 7: 0
Now we use the excel
=IRR({-$278,191.12,$64,000,$87,000,$91,000,$0,$122,000,$154,000,0})
= 18.54%
Company A has a patent with a book value of $500,000. At December 31, 2019, the fair value of the patent is determined to be $450,000. The expected future cash flows associated with the patent is $650,000. What amount of impairment should Company A record on this patent at 12/31/19?
Answer:
$50,000
Explanation:
A patent should be recorded at fair market value. When the book value of a patent is higher than its market value, then its book value should decrease. This decrease in the book value is called impairment.
In this case, the patent's book value is $500,000, but its market value is $450,000. The impairment loss = $500,000 - $450,000 = $50,000.
What is the main reason that it is necessary for public companies to follow the rules and format set out in the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) when creating financial statements? A. It ensures that the market value of assets and debt are reported accurately. B. It ensures that information on the performance of public companies is reported on cashbasis accounting. C. It ensures that important budgetary information is not omitted. D. It makes it easier to compare the financial results of different firms.
Answer:
D. It makes it easier to compare the financial results of different firms.
Explanation:
