Questions
117.     Bates Company purchased equipment on January 1, 2008, at a total invoice cost of $600,000....

117.     Bates Company purchased equipment on January 1, 2008, at a total invoice cost of $600,000. The equipment has an estimated salvage value of $15,000 and an estimated useful life of 5 years. What is the amount of accumulated depreciation at December 31, 2009, if the straight-line method of depreciation is used?

a.   $120,000

b.   $240,000

c.   $117,000

d.   $234,000

118.     On January 1, a machine with a useful life of five years and a residual value of $15,000 was purchased for $45,000. What is the depreciation expense for year 2 under the double-declining-balance method of depreciation?

a.   $10,800

b.   $18,000

c.   $14,400

d.   $8,640

119.     A machine with a cost of $160,000 has an estimated salvage value of $10,000 and an estimated useful life of 5 years or 15,000 hours. It is to be depreciated using the units-of-activity method of depreciation. What is the amount of depreciation for the second full year, during which the machine was used 5,000 hours?

  1. $50,000
  2. $30,000
  3. $43,333
  4. $53,333

120.     Equipment with a cost of $240,000 has an estimated salvage value of $15,000 and an estimated life of 4 years or 15,000 hours. It is to be depreciated using the units-of-activity method. What is the amount of depreciation for the first full year, during which the equipment was used 3,300 hours?

a.   $60,000

b.   $67,800

c.   $49,500

d.   $56,250

121.     Larime Company purchased equipment for $40,000 on January 1, 2007, and will use the double-declining-balance method of depreciation. It is estimated that the equipment will have a 5-year life and a $2,000 salvage value at the end of its useful life. The amount of depreciation expense recognized in the year 2009 will be

a.   $5,760.

b.   $9,120.

c.   $9,600.

d.   $5,472.

122.     Interline Trucking purchased a tractor trailer for $98,000. Interline uses the units-of-activity method for depreciating its trucks and expects to drive the truck 1,000,000 miles over its 12-year useful life. Salvage value is estimated to be $14,000. If the truck is driven 90,000 miles in its first year, how much depreciation expense should Interline record?

a.   $7,000

b.   $8,820

c.   $7,560

d.   $8,167

In: Accounting

In an article in the Journal of Marketing, Bayus studied the differences between "early replacement buyers”...

In an article in the Journal of Marketing, Bayus studied the differences between "early replacement buyers” and "late replacement buyers” in making consumer durable good replacement purchases. Early replacement buyers are consumers who replace a product during the early part of its lifetime, while late replacement buyers make replacement purchases late in the product’s lifetime. In particular, Bayus studied automobile replacement purchases. Consumers who traded in cars with ages of zero to three years and mileages of no more than 35,000 miles were classified as early replacement buyers. Consumers who traded in cars with ages of seven or more years and mileages of more than 73,000 miles were classified as late replacement buyers. Bayus compared the two groups of buyers with respect to demographic variables such as income, education, age, and so forth. He also compared the two groups with respect to the amount of search activity in the replacement purchase process. Variables compared included the number of dealers visited, the time spent gathering information, and the time spent visiting dealers.

(a) Suppose that a random sample of 796 early replacement buyers yields a mean number of dealers visited of x¯x¯ = 3.1, and assume that σ equals .77. Calculate a 99 percent confidence interval for the population mean number of dealers visited by early replacement buyers. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)

The 99 percent confidence interval is            [, ].

(b) Suppose that a random sample of 496 late replacement buyers yields a mean number of dealers visited of x¯x¯ = 4.8, and assume that σ equals .64. Calculate a 99 percent confidence interval for the population mean number of dealers visited by late replacement buyers. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)

The 99 percent confidence interval is            [, ].

(c) Use the confidence intervals you computed in parts a and b to compare the mean number of dealers visited by early replacement buyers with the mean number of dealers visited by late replacement buyers. How do the means compare?

In: Math

In an article in the Journal of Marketing, Bayus studied the differences between "early replacement buyers”...

In an article in the Journal of Marketing, Bayus studied the differences between "early replacement buyers” and "late replacement buyers” in making consumer durable good replacement purchases. Early replacement buyers are consumers who replace a product during the early part of its lifetime, while late replacement buyers make replacement purchases late in the product’s lifetime. In particular, Bayus studied automobile replacement purchases. Consumers who traded in cars with ages of zero to three years and mileages of no more than 35,000 miles were classified as early replacement buyers. Consumers who traded in cars with ages of seven or more years and mileages of more than 73,000 miles were classified as late replacement buyers. Bayus compared the two groups of buyers with respect to demographic variables such as income, education, age, and so forth. He also compared the two groups with respect to the amount of search activity in the replacement purchase process. Variables compared included the number of dealers visited, the time spent gathering information, and the time spent visiting dealers.

(a) Suppose that a random sample of 803 early replacement buyers yields a mean number of dealers visited of x¯x¯ = 3.9, and assume that σ equals .75. Calculate a 99 percent confidence interval for the population mean number of dealers visited by early replacement buyers. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)

The 99 percent confidence interval is            [, ].

(b) Suppose that a random sample of 506 late replacement buyers yields a mean number of dealers visited of x¯x¯ = 4.4, and assume that σ equals .69. Calculate a 99 percent confidence interval for the population mean number of dealers visited by late replacement buyers. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)

The 99 percent confidence interval is            [, ].

(c) Use the confidence intervals you computed in parts a and b to compare the mean number of dealers visited by early replacement buyers with the mean number of dealers visited by late replacement buyers. How do the means compare?

Mean number of dealers visited by late replacement buyers appears to be            (Click to select)higher/lower.

In: Finance

NBA San Francisco Warriors played in San Francisco for nine seasons before relocating to Oakland, CA...

NBA San Francisco Warriors played in San Francisco for nine seasons before relocating to Oakland, CA in 1971 and renaming themselves the Golden State Warriors. Their new home was the Oakland Alameda County Arena, a $24 million, 13,000-seat facility built in 1966. In 1997, a $121 million renovation expanded the facility to 20,000 seats and in 2007 it was renamed Oracle Arena. The Warriors won three NBA Championships in 1975, 2015, and 2017 in that facility. Despite playing in the oldest arena in the NBA, the Warriors’ success on the court led to a season ticket waiting list with about 40,000 fans.
Oracle Arena is owned by the joint city-county governmental agency called the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Authority (OACCA). The city and county taxpayers covered the original arena construction cost and in 1996 issued $140 million in construction bonds for the renovation. That year the Warriors signed a 20-year lease that included paying $1.5 million for rent as well as the first $7.4 million of their premium seating revenue to the OACCA. The OACCA retained 5% of each ticket sold, a portion of the naming rights, parking revenue, and concession revenue. The OACCA share of annual ticket revenue tripled to $6.5 million in the period between 2011 and 2016 as the Warriors’ popularity grew. The OACCA also covered costs including maintenance and operation of the arena, some game day production and marketing expenses, and about $22 million for the principal and interest on the loan. In 2016, the OACCA required contributions of $11 million from both the city and county to balance their budget.
In 2012, the Warriors announced their intentions to leave Oracle Arena and build a new facility on the waterfront in San Francisco. After years of opposition and ballooning costs, the team altered their plans and in April 2014 paid a reported $250 million to purchase a different plot of land south of the San Francisco Giant’s AT&T Park. After several years of lawsuits from a local hospital concerned with arena crowds reducing patient and ambulance access, ground breaking took place in January 2017. The 11-acre development built and owned by the Warriors encompasses the 18,000 seat Chase Center arena, 100,000 square feet of retail space, and 580,000 square feet of office space. Half of the office space has already been rented out by ride-sharing firm Uber and JPMorgan Chase paid $300 million over 20 years for the naming rights.
Despite excitement about the new arena, the Warriors are responsible for the $1 billion cost. Arenas need to book events 200 or more days a year to break even. When the Chase Center opens in 2019, it will compete to fill those 200 dates with other local arenas including the newly abandoned Oracle Arena in Oakland, the 80-year-old Cow Palace south of San Francisco, and the SAP Center 45 miles away in San Jose. Notably, there are no other large, modern arenas within San Francisco leading some to suggest the Chase Center will have the upper hand in booking events. As evidence of the Warriors hopes for high profit potential, two years before opening they announced suites will range from $525,000 to $2.5 million in the Chase Center while they cost only $200,000 to $300,000 at Oracle Arena.
Back in Oakland, Oracle Arena will see their average of 110 annual events decrease by about 50 because of the loss of the Warriors. In addition, there will still be approximately $55 million remaining to be paid on the bonds they issued in 1996.
Please answer the following questions for discussion
1. From a finance perspective, why did the Warriors allocate $1 billion to build a new arena?
2. What new revenue streams might the Warriors generate that could cover the cost of the new arena?
3. What specific risks do the Warriors face in taking on the full cost of the project?
4. If the Warriors used bonds to finance a portion of their costs, what criteria would lenders use to evaluate their ability to repay the loan?









In: Finance

Pecan Theater Inc. owns and operates movie theaters throughout Florida and Ga. Pecan Theater has declared...

Pecan Theater Inc. owns and operates movie theaters throughout Florida and Ga. Pecan Theater has declared the following annual dividends over a six-year period ending December 31 of each year, the outstanding stock of the company was composed of 30,000 shares of cumulative, 4% preferred stock, $100 par, and 100,000 shares of common stock, $25 par.

1. Determine the total dividends and the per share dividends declared on each class of stock for each of the six years. There were no dividends in arrears at the beginning of Year 1. Summarize the data in tabular form. If required, round your answers to two decimal places. If the amount is zero, please enter "0".
Year.    Total Dividends. Preferred/Common
1.           48,000                 total? per share?
2.           144,000
3.           288,000
4.           276,000
5.           336,000
6.           420,000
2. Determine the average annual dividend per share for each class of stock for the six-year period. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.
Average annual dividend for preferred_____ per share
Average annual dividend for common_____per share
3. Assuming a market price per share of $253 for the preferred stock and $31 for the common stock, determine the average annual percentage return on initial shareholders' investment, based on the average annual dividend per share for preferred stock and for common stock.
Preferred stock______%
Common stock______%

In: Accounting

Consider a company subject to a corporate tax rate of 0.4. Ifthe company has a...

Consider a company subject to a corporate tax rate of 0.4. If the company has a debt ratio of 0.7, and an unleveraged beta of 0.7, what is the company's leveraged beta?

In: Finance

1. A real estate developer is assessing an area for future retail development. She believes it...

1. A real estate developer is assessing an area for future retail development. She believes it is only profitably to develop a retail outlet in this area if a medical facility or industrial facility is built in the general vicinity within the next 5 years. Typically industrial facilities precede the development of medical facilities. Using this knowledge and some market research, she has arrived at the following probabilities. The overall probability that an industrial facility will be built in the area in the next 5 years is 30%. If the industrial facility is built, she believe the probability that the medical facility is built is 40%. If the industrial facility is not built, she believes the probability that the medical facility will be built goes down to 20%. What is the probability of the following events?

a) neither am industrial facility or medical facility is built

b) only an industrial facility is built

c) only a medical facility is built

d) both an industrial facility and a medical facility is built

e) She also has arrived at the following net present values for her retail development project based on the 4 events above. Given these outcomes and the probabilities you calculated above, what is her expected NPV? Should she do the project?

EVENT NPV
neither a industrial facility or medical facility is built -10 Million
only an industrial facility is built 5 million
only a medical facility is built 3 million
both an industrial facility and a medical facility is built 20 million

f. Our real estate developer has learned that the probability that an industrial facility is built in the next 5 years has risen from 30% to 90%. Based on this, rework the problem and provide the new expected NPV of the project. Should she do the project?

In: Statistics and Probability

Explain what Net Operating Income is and what is meant by Net Operating Loss. What factors...

Explain what Net Operating Income is and what is meant by Net Operating Loss. What factors arre associated when calculating the Net Operating Income percentage for a hotel? Why is this measure a good way of evaluating the hotel performance?

In: Accounting

Park is always willing to give up 5 tangerines for 1 orange. The price of one...

Park is always willing to give up 5 tangerines for 1 orange. The price of one orange is $1 and the price of one tangerine is $0.25. Park's spending budget for orange and tangerine is $10.

(1) Park is currently consuming 16 tangerines and 6 oranges. Give a suggestion about the direction of substitution for Park to improve his satisfaction.  Justify your suggestion using the economic meaning of the marginal rate of substitution and the market rate of substitution.

(2) To maximize his satisfaction, how many oranges and tangerines should Park purchase with $10 budget?  

(3) Give a graph in which the optimal consumption point shown. Include both the budget line and an indifference curve related to the optimal consumption. Clearly label the axes and mark the coordinates of the optimal consumption point.  

In: Economics

You are an intern at the health department of your city. An outbreak of coronavirus has...

You are an intern at the health department of your city. An outbreak of coronavirus has been detected in a hotel in your city. 10 guests are infected. You must decide whether to quarantine the hotel or not. There are 1000 guests in the hotel. From previous experience, we know that at least half of them will be infected if the quarantine goes in to effect. If there is no quarantine the virus will spread more rapidly to the general population in the city. What would you do? Your city has 8 million population. The death rate of this virus is 2%, the cost of lock down of hotel is AED 1M per day. The length of the quarantine is 2 months. What would you do? Use the five step ethical decision making approach to resolve this case and indicate which approach you will be taken.

In: Economics