Exercise 11-15 Dropping or Retaining a Segment [LO11-2] Thalassines Kataskeves, S.A., of Greece makes marine equipment. The company has been experiencing losses on its bilge pump product line for several years. The most recent quarterly contribution format income statement for the bilge pump product line follows: Thalassines Kataskeves, S.A. Income Statement—Bilge Pump For the Quarter Ended March 31 Sales $ 850,000 Variable expenses: Variable manufacturing expenses $ 330,000 Sales commissions 42,000 Shipping 18,000 Total variable expenses 390,000 Contribution margin 460,000 Fixed expenses: Advertising (for the bilge pump product line) 270,000 Depreciation of equipment (no resale value) 80,000 General factory overhead 105,000 * Salary of product-line manager 32,000 Insurance on inventories 8,000 Purchasing department 45,000 † Total fixed expenses 540,000 Net operating loss $ (80,000 ) *Common costs allocated on the basis of machine-hours. †Common costs allocated on the basis of sales dollars. Discontinuing the bilge pump product line would not affect sales of other product lines and would have no effect on the company’s total general factory overhead or total Purchasing Department expenses. Required: What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the bilge pump product line?

Answer:

-$150,000

Explanation:

Calculation to determine the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the bilge pump product line

First step is to calculate the fixed expense

Using this formula

Fixed expense

= Advertising (for the bilge pump product line) + Salary of product-line manager + Insurance on inventories

Let plug in the formula

Fixed expense= 270,000 + 32,000 + $8,000

Fixed expense= $310,000

Now let calculate the financial advantage (disadvantage)

Using this formula

Financial advantage (disadvantage) = Fixed expense-Contribution margin

Let plug in the formula

Financial advantage (disadvantage) = $310,000-460,000

Financial advantage (disadvantage) = -$150,000

Therefore the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the bilge pump product line is -$150,000

Solving for dominant strategies and the Nash equilibrium Suppose Lorenzo and Neha are playing a game in which both must simultaneously choose the action Left or Right. The payoff matrix that follows shows the payoff each person will earn as a function of both of their choices. For example, the lower-right cell shows that if Lorenzo chooses Right and Neha chooses Right, Lorenzo will receive a payoff of 6 and Neha will receive a payoff of 5
Neha
Left Right
Lorenzo Left 8,4 4,5
Right 5,4 6,5
1. The only dominant strategy in this game is for (Neha/Lorenzo) to choose (Right/Left)
2. The outcome reflecting the unique Nash equilibrium in this game is as follows: Lorenzo chooses (Right/Left) and Neha chooses (Right/Left) .

Suppose Dina gets a sales bonus at her place of work that gives her an extra $800 of disposable income. She chooses to spend $600 and save the remaining $200. From this, you can tell that Dina's marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is , and her marginal propensity to save (MPS) is . Mathematically, it must always be true that: Disposable Income = Therefore, it must also be true that: 1 =

Simon's most recent income statement is given below. Sales (8,000 units) $160,000 Less variable expenses (68,000) Contribution margin 92,000 Less fixed expenses (50,000) Net income $42,000 Required: a. Contribution margin per unit is b. If sales are doubled total variable costs will equal c. If sales are doubled total fixed costs will equal d. If 20 more units are sold, profits will increase by e. Compute how many units must be sold to break even. f. Compute how many units must be sold to achieve operating income of $60,000. g. Compute the revenue needed to achieve an after tax income of $30,000 given a tax rate of 30%.

Jameson Corporation was organized on May 1. The following events occurred during the first month.
A. Received $67,000 cash from the five investors who organized Jameson Corporation. Each investor received 110 shares of $10 par value common stock.
B. Ordered store fixtures costing $10,000.
C. Borrowed $16,000 cash and signed a note due in two years.
D. Purchased $18,000 of equipment, paying $1,400 in cash and signing a six-month note for the balance.
E. Lent $1,700 to an employee who signed a note to repay the loan in three months.
F. Received and paid for the store fixtures ordered in (b).
Required:
Prepare journal entries for each transaction.

_____ Web sites are dedicated to employment opportunities with a given city, state, or country.


Education

Industry

Government

Corporate

Coronado Industries had 293000 shares of common stock issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020. No common stock was issued during 2021. On January 1, 2021, Coronado issued 200000 shares of nonconvertible preferred stock. During 2021, Coronado declared and paid $110000 cash dividends on the common stock and $79000 on the preferred stock. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $618000. What should be Coronado's 2021 earnings per common share

Peyton sells an office building and the associated land on May 1 of the current year. Under the terms of the sales contract, Peyton is to receive $2,408,400 in cash. The purchaser is to assume Peyton's mortgage of $1,445,040 on the property. To enable the purchaser to obtain adequate financing, Peyton is to pay the $28,901 in points charged by the lender. The broker's commission on the sale is $96,336. What is Peyton's amount realized

Before negotiating a long-term construction contract, build- ing contractors must carefully estimate the total cost of completing the project. Benzion Barlev of New York University proposed a model for total cost of a long-term contract based on the normal distribution(Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, July 1995). For one particular construction contract, Barlev assumed total cost, x, to be normally distributed with mean $850,000 and standard deviation $170,000. The revenue, R, promised to the contractor is $1,00,000.

Required:
a. The contract will be profitable if revenue exceeds total cost. What is the probability that the co ntract will be profitable for the contractor?
b. What is the probability that the project will result in a loss for the contractor?
c. Suppose the contractor has the opportunity to renegotiate the contract. What value of R should the contractor strive for in order to have a .99 probability of making a profit?

he controller of Wildhorse 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 $2,925 3,880 February 3,324 4,432 March 3,989 6,648 April 4,986 8,753 May 3,546 5,540 June 5,420 8,870 (a1) Determine the variable-cost components using the high-low method. (Round answer to 2 decimal places e.g. 2.25.) Variable cost per machine hour $

To increase productive capacity, a company is considering a proposed new plant. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. When estimating the project's operating cash flows, it is important to include both opportunity costs and sunk costs, but the firm should ignore the cash flow effects of externalities since they are accounted for in the discounting process. b. Since depreciation is a non-cash expense, the firm does not need to deal with depreciation when calculating the operating cash flows. c. The cost of capital used to discount cash flows in a capital budgeting analysis should be calculated on a before-tax basis. d. Capital budgeting decisions should be based on before-tax cash flows. e. In calculating the project's operating cash flows, the firm should not deduct financing costs such as interest expense, because financing costs are accounted for by discounting at the cost of capital. If interest were deducted when estimating cash flows, this would, in effect, "double count" it.

You wish to take an Excel course. You may enroll at one within your school or you may take a community class at the local library. You've gathered the following information to aid in your decision-making process.
Costs/Benefits College Course Community Course
Cost $2,600 $1,390
Distance to course 0.40 miles (walking distance) 16 miles (driving distance)
Timing of course Weekday Weekend
Number of meetings 16 8
Qualitative considerations Convenience, quality of instruction Flexibility, brief duration
If you enroll in the community class, you will be unable to work at your regular job on weekends for the eight weekend days when the class meets. If you typically earn $260 per weekend shift, which option would you choose (considering enrollment cost and opportunity cost)?
a) Neither alternative
b) College course
c) Community course
d) Both alternatives

A continuous (rolling) budget A. presents the plan for a range of activity so that the plan can be adjusted for changes in activity levels. B. presents a statement of expectations for a period of time but does not present a firm commitment. C. presents the plan for only one level of activity and does not adjust to changes in the level of activity. D.drops the current month or quarter and adds a future month or quarter as the current month or quarter is completed. E. classifies budget requests by activity and estimates the benefits arising from each activity. A continuous budget has a constant time horizon and always looks ahead the same number of periods.

n 1982 the inflation rate hit 16%. Suppose that the average cost of a textbook in 1982 was $25. What was the expected cost in the year 2017 if we project this rate of inflation on the cost? (Assume continuous compounding. Round your answer to the nearest cent.) If the average cost of a textbook in 2012 was $150, what is the actual inflation rate (rounded to the nearest tenth percent)?

The independent cases are listed below includes all balance sheet accounts related to operating activities:
Case A Case B Case C
Net income $314,000 $17,000 $424,000
Depreciation expense 44,000 154,000 84,000
Accounts receivable
increase (decrease) 108,000 (204,000) (24,000)
Inventory increase
(decrease) (54,000) 39,000 54,000
Accounts payable
increase (decrease) (54,000) 124,000 74,000
Accrued liabilities
increase (decrease) 64,000 (224,000 ) (44,000)
Show the operating activities section of cash flows for each of the given cases.

The Smith family wants to relocate to a neighborhood with better schools before their three-year-old goes to kindergarten. They talked with Byron about properties he has for sale in neighborhoods they would like to live in. They also mentioned to Byron that they both work and may need someone to help with in-home care for their child. Byron gave them Taylor’s name to call about childcare. The Smiths also said they were having a hard time getting loan approval, so Byron suggested that they call Travis. Which best describes the jobs performed by Byron, Taylor, and Travis?

a) Byron is a Customer Service Representative, Taylor is a Child Care Worker, and Travis is a Loan Counselor.

b) Byron is a Real Estate Manager, Taylor is a Nanny, and Travis is a Loan Counselor.

c) Byron is a Real Estate Manager, Taylor is a Preschool Teacher, and Travis is a Customer Service Representative.

d) Byron is a Home Counselor, Taylor is a Nanny, and Travis is a Property Manager.

Exercise
1. State and explain 5 characteristics of the
youth​

A business operated at 100% of capacity during its first month and incurred the following costs: Production costs (20,000 units): Direct materials $180,000 Direct labor 240,000 Variable factory overhead 280,000 Operating expenses: Variable operating expenses $130,000 Fixed operating expenses 50,000 180,000 If 1,600 units remain unsold at the end of the month, the amount of inventory that would be reported on the variable costing balance sheet is a.$66,400 b.$64,000 c.$78,400 d.$56,000

You are the manager for a Pizza restaurant. Currently, your restaurant pre-makes pizzas that are ordered the most to increase the number of pizzas being made on time for your customers. Over time, many customers have complained that their pizzas were cold upon delivery and not fresh, requesting refunds or remakes of their pizza. Your location is losing money from these wasteful practices, therefore, you want to create a Kanban based on the following basic principles:

1. A later process tells an earlier process when new items are required. This means that unless a customer orders a pizza, no pizzas will be made. Pull!
2. The earlier process produces what the later process needs.
3. No Items can be made without a Kanban card (order request). This allows the process to be transparent so everyone knows what is going on.
4. Defects are not passed on to the next stage.Create a Kanban board for your pizza company that delivers. You must have 4-6 columns with headings for each.

Required:
Decide what your Kanban cards will represent. Set Rules for your Kanban.

Sicilian Defence, a division of Queen's Gambit Corp., has a net operating income of $60,000 and average operating assets of $300,000. The minimum required rate of return for the company is 15%. If the manager of the Sicilian Defence division is evaluated based on residual income, will she want to make an investment of $100,000 that would generate additional net operating income of $18,000 per year?

Communication starts with
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Which of the following is the second step in the hiring process?

Select the best answer choice.
A.
the submission of the application or resume

B.
the interview

C.
sending a thank-you note

D.
getting hired for the position

A bank loan officer has been approached by a start-up company that needs a five-year loan to purchase the equipment for its first project. The project will have a life of five years. At the end of five years, the equipment will be worthless. The founders of the company told the loan officer that they would be willing to pay a much higher interest rate on a simple interest loan rather than contracting to an add-on interest loan.
A. The loan officer should offer the company an add-on interest loan because there is a high risk that the company will not be able to repay the principal on the loan at the end of the project's life.
B. The loan officer should offer the company a simple interest loan. The bank will make more money in the long run, because it can charge a much higher interest rate.

On January 1, 2021 Rastell Co signed a long term finance lease for an office building. The terms of the lease required Rastall to pay 16,000 annually beginning December 31, 2021 and continuing each year for 16 years. On January 1, 2021 the present value of the lease payments is 151, 146 discounted at the 7% interest rate implicit in the lease In Rastall’s December 31, 2021, balance sheet, the lease payable should be:

a. $109,200
b. $112,679
c. $221,000
d. $95,679

On July 31, 2017, Crane Company had a cash balance per books of $6,355.00. The statement from Dakota State Bank on that date showed a balance of $7,905.80. A comparison of the bank statement with the Cash account revealed the following facts.
1. The bank service charge for July was $19.00.
2. The bank collected $1,630.00 for Crane Company through electronic funds transfer.
3. The July 31 receipts of $1,309.30 were not included in the bank deposits for July. These receipts were deposited by the company in a night deposit vault on July 31.
4. Company check No. 2480 issued to L. Taylor, a creditor, for $394.00 that cleared the bank in July was incorrectly entered in the cash payments journal on July 10 for $349.00.
5. Checks outstanding on July 31 totaled $1,979.10.
6. On July 31, the bank statement showed an NSF charge of $685.00 for a check received by the company from W. Krueger, a customer, on account.

PrimeTime Sportswear is a custom imprinter that began operations six months ago. Sales have exceeded management's most optimistic projections. Sales are made on account and collected as follows: 49% in the month after the sale is made and 44% in the second month after sale. Merchandise purchases and operating expenses are paid as follows:
In the month during which the merchandise is purchased or the cost is incurred 75 %
In the subsequent month 25 %
PrimeTime Sportswear's income statement budget for each of the next four months, newly revised to reflect the success of the firm, follows:
September October November December
Sales $ 41,800 $ 53,700 $ 68,100 $ 58,900
Cost of goods sold:
Beginning inventory $ 5,530 $ 14,600 $ 20,310 $ 22,050
Purchases 37,800 43,700 49,000 32,600
Cost of goods available for sale $ 43,330 $ 58,300 $ 69,310 $ 54,650
Less: Ending inventory (14,600 ) (20,310 ) (22,050 ) (20,360 )
Cost of goods sold $ 28,730 $ 37,990 $ 47,260 $ 34,290
Gross profit $ 13,070 $ 15,710 $ 20,840 $ 24,610
Operating expenses 10,400 13,100 14,300 16,000
Operating income $ 2,670 $ 2,610 $ 6,540 $ 8,610
Cash on hand August 31 is estimated to be $40,240. Collections of August 31 accounts receivable were estimated to be $19,820 in September and $15,330 in October. Payments of August 31 accounts payable and accrued expenses in September were estimated to be $23,840.

If Congress wanted to help the economy out of a recession, they would be most likely to: check all that apply Group of answer choices increase transfer payments increase interest rates decrease taxes reduce government spending

Roland, Inc. provides residential painting services for three home building companies, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, and it uses a job costing system for determining the costs for completing each job. The job cost system does not capture any cost incurred by Roland for return touchups and refinishes after the homeowner occupies the home. Roland paints each house on a square footage contract price, which includes painting as well as all refinishes and touchups required after the homes are occupied. Each year, Roland generates about one-third of its total revenues and gross profits from each of the three builders. Roland has observed that the builders, however, require substantially different levels of support following the completion of jobs. The following data have been gathered:Major refinishes Hours on job $70
Touchups Number of visits $180
Communication Number of calls $20
Builder Major Refinishes Touchups Communication
Alpha 80 150 360
Beta 35 110 205
Gamma 42 115 190
(a) Assuming that each of the three customers produces gross profits of $100,000, calculate the profitability from each builder after taking into account the support activity required for each builder.

Alpha

Beta

Gamma

Joint products A and B emerge from common processing costs of $100,000 and yield 2,000 units of Product A and 1,000 units of Product B. Product A can be sold for $100 per unit. Product B can be sold for $120 per unit. The amount of joint costs allocated to Product A (if joint costs are allocated on the basis of relative sales value) will be $ (rounded to nearest dollar).

Which of the following is a true statement?

(A) New products introduce risk into a portfolio as well as future potential profits.

(B) A company’s product portfolio is assured of success by adding new products.

(C) New products bring great rewards with little risk.

On January 8, 2012, Speedway Delivery Service purchased a truck at a cost of $65,000. Before placing the truck in service, Speedway spent $4,000 painting it, $2,500 replacing tires, and $8,000 overhauling the engine. The truck should remain in service for five years and have a residual value of $6,000. The truck’s annual mileage is expected to be 22,000 miles in each of the first four years and 12,000 miles in the fifth year—100,000 miles in total. In deciding which depreciation method to use, David Greer, the general manager, requests a depreciation schedule for each of the depreciation methods (straight-line, units-of-production, and double-declining-balance).
Requirements
1. Prepare a depreciation schedule for each depreciation method, showing asset cost, depreciation expense, accumulated depreciation, and asset book value.
2. Speedway prepares financial statements using the depreciation method that reports the highest net income in the early years of asset use. For income tax purposes, the company uses the depreciation method that minimizes income taxes in the early years. Consider the first year that Speedway uses the truck. Identify the depreciation methods that meet the general manager’s objectives, assuming the income tax authorities permit the use of any of the methods.