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Suppose a particular test of cognitive ability has been found to have great practicality in selecting...

Suppose a particular test of cognitive ability has been found to have great practicality in selecting members of a high school debate team. How much practicality would this same test have for the following situations?

Law school application

Art school application

A police hostage negotiation unit

Executive level positions in a labour union

Actors in a theme park who spend their day dressed in a character costume

In: Psychology

You are a hotel manager and you are considering four projects that yield different payoffs, depending...

You are a hotel manager and you are considering four projects that yield different payoffs, depending upon whether there is an economic boom or a recession. The potential payoffs and corresponding payoffs are summarized in the following table. Project Boom (50%) Recession (50%) A $20 -$10 B -$10 $20 C $30 -$30 D $50 $50 If a manager adopted both project A and B simultaneously, the variance in returns associated with this joint project would be:

In: Economics

On a dark desert highway, a car leaves a gas station and heads straight for 10...

On a dark desert highway, a car leaves a gas station and heads straight for 10 km, heading exactly northeast.

(i.e., directed 45 degrees northward of due east). The car then turns onto a dirt road and drives completely

straight until it reaches a hotel located exactly 12 km north and 9.0 km east of the gas station. How far did the

car drive along the straight dirt road?

In: Physics

Assume that you are hired in a marketing manager position at a hotel. You are supposed...

Assume that you are hired in a marketing manager position at a hotel. You are supposed to develop a marketing positioning statement and communicate it with all employees so that they can understand organizational marketing directions. There is no precedented work about a marketing strategy, and sooner or later, you need to start with the work. How can you lead to develop the positioning statement? Explain the process of developing the statement from the beginning (NOT about just making the statement).

In: Operations Management

Riverbed Supply Company, a newly formed corporation, incurred the following expenditures related to Land, to Buildings,...

Riverbed Supply Company, a newly formed corporation, incurred the following expenditures related to Land, to Buildings, and to Machinery and Equipment.

Abstract company’s fee for title search $858
Architect’s fees 5,231
Cash paid for land and dilapidated building thereon 143,550
Removal of old building

$33,000

   Less: Salvage

9,075

23,925
Interest on short-term loans during construction 12,210
Excavation before construction for basement 31,350
Machinery purchased (subject to 2% cash discount, which was not taken) 90,750
Freight on machinery purchased 2,211
Storage charges on machinery, necessitated by noncompletion of
   building when machinery was delivered 3,597
New building constructed (building construction took 6 months from
   date of purchase of land and old building) 800,250
Assessment by city for drainage project 2,640
Hauling charges for delivery of machinery from storage to new building 1,023
Installation of machinery 3,300
Trees, shrubs, and other landscaping after completion of building
   (permanent in nature) 8,910


Determine the amounts that should be debited to Land, to Buildings, and to Machinery and Equipment. Assume the benefits of capitalizing interest during construction exceed the cost of implementation. Company uses net method to record discount. (Please leave spaces blank if there is no answer. Do not enter zeros in those spaces.)

Land

Buildings

Machinery and Equipment

Other

Abstract fees

$enter a dollar amount

$enter a dollar amount

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$enter a dollar amount

Architect’s fees

enter a dollar amount

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enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

Cash paid for land and old building

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

Removal of old building

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

Interest on loans during construction

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

Excavation before construction

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

Machinery purchased

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

Freight on machinery

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

Storage charges caused by noncompletion of building

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

New building

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

Assessment by city

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

Hauling charges - machinery

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

Installation - machinery

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

enter a dollar amount

Landscaping

enter a dollar amount

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$enter a total amount

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In: Accounting

The financial statements for Castile Products, Inc., are given below: Castile Products, Inc. Balance Sheet December...

The financial statements for Castile Products, Inc., are given below:

Castile Products, Inc.
Balance Sheet
December 31
  Assets
  Current assets:
     Cash $ 19,000
     Accounts receivable, net 230,000
     Merchandise inventory 350,000
     Prepaid expenses 11,000
  Total current assets 610,000
  Property and equipment, net 820,000
  Total assets $ 1,430,000
  Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
  Liabilities:
     Current liabilities $ 260,000
     Bonds payable, 11% 380,000
  Total liabilities 640,000
  Stockholders’ equity:
     Common stock, $5 par value $ 200,000
     Retained earnings 590,000
  Total stockholders’ equity 790,000
  Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 1,430,000
Castile Products, Inc.
Income Statement
For the Year Ended December 31
  Sales $ 2,170,000
  Cost of goods sold 1,230,000
  Gross margin 940,000
  Selling and administrative expenses 560,000
  Net operating income 380,000
  Interest expense 41,800
  Net income before taxes 338,200
  Income taxes (30%) 101,460
  Net income $ 236,740

     Account balances at the beginning of the year were: accounts receivable, $150,000; and inventory, $320,000. All sales were on account. Assets at the beginning of the year totaled $1,050,000, and the stockholders’ equity totaled $645,000.

Required:
Compute the following:
1.

Gross margin percentage. (Round your percentage answer to 2 decimal places (i.e., 0.1234 should be entered as 12.34).)

Gross margin percentage 45.70 %

      

2.

Net profit margin percentage. (Round your answer to the nearest whole percentage place (i.e., 0.1234 should be entered as 12%).)

Net profit margin percentage 56 %

       

3.

Return on total assets. (Round your percentage answer to 1 decimal place (i.e., 0.1234 should be entered as 12.3).)

Return on total assets 87.9 %

      

4.

Return on equity. (Round your percentage answer to 1 decimal place (i.e., 0.1234 should be entered as 12.3).)

Return on equity 54.1 %
5. Was financial leverage positive or negative for the year?
Positive
Negative

In: Accounting

Explain how the downgrading of bonds for a particular corporation affects the prices of those bonds,...

Explain how the downgrading of bonds for a particular corporation affects the prices of those bonds, the return to investors that currently hold these bonds, and the potential return to other investors who may invest in the bonds in the near future

In: Finance

The patient is admitted in a near comatose state with a blood glucose level of 750....

The patient is admitted in a near comatose state with a blood glucose level of 750. His respiratory rate is 42 breaths per minute, and his respiratory pattern is deep and regular. What is this type of breathing known as?

In: Nursing

The girl's name is a reference to what? Choose one


The girl's name is a reference to what? Choose one 

Her figurative (and perhaps even literal) near-sightedness. 

The town in which she lives 

Her Slavic ancestry 

The kind of work she will do for a living

In: Nursing

1.) What do you observe about the equipotential lines very near the charges and very far...

1.) What do you observe about the equipotential lines very near the charges and very far away from them? How does a second charge affect the potential field of the first one?

In: Physics