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By the end of this year you would be 35 years old and you want to...

By the end of this year you would be 35 years old and you want to plan for your retirement. You wish to retire at the age of 65 and you expect to live 20 years after retirement. Upon retirement you wish to have an annual sum of $50,000 to supplement your social security benefits. Therefore, you opened now your retirement account with 7% annual interest rate. At retirement you liquidate your account and use the funds to buy an investment grade bond which makes $50,000 annual coupon payments based on a 6 % coupon rate, throughout your retirement years.

How much will the face value of the bond that you will be investing?

Please calculate the monthly payment in your retirement account in order to be able to achieve the plan mentioned above?

How much will your inheritors receive?

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Suppose you receive $100 at the end of each year for the nextthree years.What...

Suppose you receive $100 at the end of each year for the next three years.

What is the future value in three years at 8% interest?

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The sales of a company in million dollars) for each year are shown in the table below.


Problem 3: The sales of a company in million dollars) for each year are shown in the table below. 

x (year)20052006200720082009
y (sales)1219293745

a) Find the least square regression line y -ax+b. 

b) Use the least squares regression line as a model to estimate the sales of the company in 2012. 

In: Math

The E.N.D. partnership has the following capital balances as of the end of the current year....


The E.N.D. partnership has the following capital balances as of the end of the current year. Pineda Adams Fergie Gomez Total

Total capital 4/8, Answer each of the following independent questions: a. Assume that the partners share profits and losses 3

The E.N.D. partnership has the following capital balances as of the end of the current year

Pineda $ 140,000

Adams 120,000

Fergie 110.000

Gomez 100.000 

Total capital  $470,000

Answer each of the following independent questions:

a. Assume that the partners share profits and losses 3.3.2.2, respectively. Fergie retires and is paid $140,000 based on the terms of the original partnership agreement. If the goodwill method is used, what is the capital balance of the remaining three partners? 

b. Assume that the partners share profits and losses 4.3:2:1, respectively Pineda retires and is paid $340,000 based on the terms of the original partnership agreement. If the bonus method is used, what is the capital balance of the remaining three partners? (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to the nearest dollar amounts.) 

Capital Balance 

Pineda 

Adams 

Gomez 

Adams 

Fergie 

Gomez

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1. The dean of a school of business is forecasting total student enrollment for this year...

1. The dean of a school of business is forecasting total student enrollment for this year (2019)'s summer session classes based on the following historical data:
YEAR TOTAL ENROLLMENT
  y
2015 2,000
2016 2,200
2017 2,800
2018 3,000
 
a) What is this year's forecast using a three-year simple moving average?
b) What is this year's forecast using a three-year weighted moving average with weights of 0.5, 0.3, and 0.22
c) What is this year's forecast using exponential smoothing with alpha=0.4, if year 2017's smoothed forecast was 2,600?
d) What is the slope (b) of the least squares trend line for these data?
e) What is the Y-intercept (a) of the least squares trend line for these data?
f) What is this year's forecast using the least squares trend line for these data?

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Using exponential smoothing with α of 0.1 and the given forecast for year 1


As you can see in the following table, demand for heart transplant surgery at Washington General Hospital has increased steadily in the past few years: 

Year12345
Heart Transplants46.048.055.057.057.0

The director of medical services predicted 6 years ago that demand in year 1 would be 42.0 surgeries 


a) Using exponential smoothing with α of 0.1 and the given forecast for year 1, the forecasts for years 2 through 6 are (round your responses to one decimal place): 

Year123456
Forecast42.0




For the forecast made using exponential smoothing with α = 0.90 and the given forecast for year 1. MAD =  _______ surgeries (round your response to one decimal place) 


b) Forecasts for years 4 through 6 using a 3-year moving average are (round your responses to one decimal place): 

Year456
Forecast


For forecasts made using a 3-year moving average, MAD = _______  surgeries (round your response to one decimal place)

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At the end of the year, Mercy Cosmetics balance of Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts is $490


Brief Exercise 5-6 Record the adjusting for uncollectible accounts (L05-5) 


At the end of the year, Mercy Cosmetics balance of Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts is $490 (credid before adjustment. The balance of Accounts Receivable is $19,500. The company estimates that 10% of accounts will not be collected over the next year


What adjustment would Mercy Cosmetics record for Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts? (if no entry is required for a particular transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field.) 


In: Accounting

At the end of the year, Breyer Associates had a credit balance in its allowance for...

At the end of the year, Breyer Associates had a credit balance in its allowance for uncollectible accounts of $12,000 before adjustment. The balance in Breyer's gross accounts receivable is $600,000. Breyer's management estimates that 10% of its accounts receivable balance will not be collected.

 

What journal entry should Breyer record to adjust its allowance for uncollectible accounts? (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.) 

In: Accounting

Closing Entries On July 31, the close of the fiscal year, the balances of the accounts...

Closing Entries

On July 31, the close of the fiscal year, the balances of the accounts appearing in the ledger of Serbian Interiors Company, a furniture wholesaler, are as follows:

Accumulated Depreciation—Building $365,000   Inventory $115,000
Administrative Expenses 440,000   Notes Payable 100,000
Building 810,000   Retained Earnings 455,000
Cash 78,000   Sales 1,437,000
Common Stock 75,000   Sales Tax Payable 4,500
Cost of Goods Sold 775,000   Selling Expenses 160,000
Dividends 15,000   Store Supplies 16,000
Interest Expense 6,000   Store Supplies Expense 21,500

Prepare the July 31, 2018, closing entries for Serbian Interiors Company in the order as presented in the chapter.

In: Accounting

A bond quotes a rate of return of 9% and will pay $1,000 in one year...

A bond quotes a rate of return of 9% and will pay $1,000 in one year with a probability of 69% and $0 with a probability of 31%.

What is the time premium?

What is the default premium?

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