Explain why each of the following actions would negatively impact the results of a recrystallization procedure. Answer each in two sentences or less.
i) After achieving proper dissolution, immediately cooling the solution in an ice bath.
ii) Dissolving all of the material at room temperature, then heating to near the solvent boiling point, followed by cooling to 0 °C.
iii) Upon collection of the recrystallized material on a filter, rinsing with 1-2 mL of room temperature solvent.
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Let us say that you work for Starbucks!
Since college campuses are traditionally very attractive locations for Coffee-shops, your District manager is proposing to set up a coffee shop near at the junction of Broadway and 35th .
As a statistical consultant how would you explore this option?
Discuss what would be your population and variables, type of variables and how many?
Do you think some kind of secondary data would suffice in this case?
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Corporate management and the Board of Directors fulfil a vital role to ensure good corporate governance within a company. Which of the reasons, listed below, has been a major contributing factor to corporate governance scandals?
Question 23 options:
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Changes to government regulations regarding public reporting and disclosure |
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Unclear separation of ownership and management |
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Maximizing current share holder value tends to focus on the value near term |
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Shareholders have dumped the company's stock |
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In: Economics
Exercise 5: Let's Build a Moon Base
Prompt: One day in the future we will decide to establish a colony on the Moon. Where should we put it?
Analysis Directions: Make a list of the advantages and disadvantages of locating such a human habitat on poles. Should it be in a crater the near side, the far side, or at the? Highland? Maria?
Also, what site would be best for doing visible-light and radio astronomy from observatories on the Moon? Comment on each other’s lists.
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a. What kind of ratios to find from the consolidated statement of operations and consolidated balance sheet of a particular industry for: understanding the financial performance, as well as near-term future for a company. b. Using consolidated statement of operations and consolidated balance sheet as well as that of competitors what ratio tools do we need to analyse their performance. Moreovers what ratio and other tools do we use for making comparison except common size and comparitive statement.
In: Finance
Patents are granted for 20 years, but pharmaceutical companies cannot use their patent-guaranteed monopoly powers for anywhere near this long because it takes several years to acquire the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of drugs.
In: Economics
4. We have called plate tectonics a scientific revolution. What other scientific revolutions do you know about? How is the plate tectonics revolution similar to, or different from, other revolutions, such as the Copernican revolution in astronomy? 5. What is the tectonic environment of the place where you live or attend school? Do you live near a plate margin? If so, what type is it? Or do you live in the middle of a plate? If so, which one?
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Appendix F: Willow Wade Information
For your sixth client, your boss wants you to prepare Form 1040, Schedule C, and SE for Willow Wade.
Facts:
Willow Wade is a successful, 30-year old attorney. She has a law office near the circuit court building on Smith Court and a home office. The home office is one of the bedrooms in her 4-bedroom home in Aiea, HI. She is on the cash method.
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Taxpayer |
Willow Wade 41-123 Kaneu Drive Aiea, HI 96701 |
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Social Security No: |
255-10-0000 |
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Gross Income |
$500,000 |
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Secretary salary (?) |
25,000 |
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Rent expense |
10,000 |
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Supplies |
500 |
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Postage |
200 |
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Utilities (for Smith Ct. office) |
1,000 |
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Court fees (are these fees she is paying for clients who are filing cases? Would they be receivables on her books?) I don’t know. I am sure there might be unreimbursed court fees that attorneys might have to pay? |
1,000 |
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Insurance (prepaid or expense?) – Is that important since she is a cash based tax payer? Wouldn’t that mean she paid $2000 in cash for the year…either the beginning or the end..so maybe prepaid, maybe not? |
2,000 |
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Total Square Footage of Willow’s home |
3,000 |
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Square footage of Willow;s home office |
300 square feet |
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Home expenses for the year (utility expenses (gas, electric, etc.), depreciation, and property taxes) |
$8,000 |
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Mileage (4,000 to and from court, 2,000 to and from her home to work and back, 4,000 was personal driving? "just driving around") |
10,000 miles |
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New car purchased last year cost |
$25,000 |
Prepare Form 1040, Schedule C, and SE for her self-employment taxes.
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Budgeted Income Statement and Supporting Budgets
The budget director of Birds of a Feather Inc., with the assistance of the controller, treasurer, production manager, and sales manager, has gathered the following data for use in developing the budgeted income statement for January:
following data for use in developing the budgeted income statement for January:
| Birdhouse | 6,000 units at $55 per unit |
| Bird feeder | 4,500 units at $75 per unit |
| Direct materials: | |
| Wood | 220 ft. |
| Plastic | 250 lb. |
| Finished products: | |
| Birdhouse | 300 units at $23 per unit |
| Bird feeder | 240 units at $34 per unit |
| Direct materials: | |
| Wood | 180 ft. |
| Plastic | 210 lb. |
| Finished products: | |
| Birdhouse | 340 units at $23 per unit |
| Bird feeder | 200 units at $34 per unit |
| In manufacture of BirdHouse: | |
| Wood | 0.80 ft. per unit of product |
| Plastic | 0.50 lb. per unit of product |
| In manufacture of Bird Feeder: | |
| Wood | 1.20 ft. per unit of product |
| Plastic | 0.75 lb. per unit of product |
| Wood | $8.00 per ft. |
| Plastic | $1.20 per lb. |
| Birdhouse: | |
| Fabrication Department | 0.20 hr. at $15 per hr. |
| Assembly Department | 0.30 hr. at $12 per hr. |
| Bird Feeder: | |
| Fabrication Department | 0.40 hr. at $15 per hr. |
| Assembly Department | 0.35 hr. at $12 per hr. |
| Indirect factory wages | $80,000 |
| Depreciation of plant and equipment | 25,000 |
| Power and light | 8,000 |
| Insurance and property tax | 2,000 |
| Sales salaries expense | $90,000 |
| Advertising expense | 20,000 |
| Office salaries expense | 18,000 |
| Depreciation expense—office equipment | 800 |
| Telephone expense—selling | 500 |
| Telephone expense—administrative | 200 |
| Travel expense—selling | 5,000 |
| Office supplies expense | 250 |
| Miscellaneous administrative expense | 450 |
| Interest revenue | $300 |
| Interest expense | 224 |
Required:
1. Prepare a sales budget for January.
| Birds of a Feather Inc. Sales Budget For the Month Ending January 31 |
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| Unit Sales Volume |
Unit Selling Price |
Total Sales | |
| Birdhouse | |||
| Bird feeder | |||
| Total revenue from sales | $ | ||
2. Prepare a production budget for January.
| Birds of a Feather Inc. Production Budget For the Month Ending January 31 |
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| Units | ||||
| Birdhouse | Bird Feeder | |||
| Expected units to be sold | ||||
| Plus desired inventory, January 31 | ||||
| Total | ||||
| Less estimated inventory, January 1 | ||||
| Total units to be produced | ||||
3. Prepare a direct materials purchases budget for January.
| Birds of a Feather Inc. Direct Materials Purchases Budget For the Month Ending January 31 |
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| Wood | Plastic | Total | |
| Required units for production: | |||
| Birdhouse | |||
| Bird feeder | |||
| Plus desired units of inventory, January 31 | |||
| Total | |||
| Less estimated units of inventory, January 1 | |||
| Total units to be purchased | |||
| Unit price | $ | $ | |
| Total direct materials to be purchased | $ | $ | $ |
4. Prepare a direct labor cost budget for January.
| Birds of a Feather Inc. Direct Labor Cost Budget For the Month Ending January 31 |
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| Fabrication Department |
Assembly Department | Total | ||||
| Hours required for production: | ||||||
| Birdhouse | ||||||
| Bird feeder | ||||||
| Total | ||||||
| Hourly rate | $ | $ | ||||
| Total direct labor cost | $ | $ | $ | |||
5. Prepare a factory overhead cost budget for January.
| Birds of a Feather Inc. Factory Overhead Cost Budget For the Month Ending January 31 |
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| Indirect factory wages | ||
| Depreciation of plant and equipment | ||
| Power and light | ||
| Insurance and property tax | ||
| Total | $ | |
6. Prepare a cost of goods sold budget for January. Work in process at the beginning of January is estimated to be $29,000, and work in process at the end of January is estimated to be $35,400.
| Birds of a Feather Inc. Cost of Goods Sold Budget For the Month Ending January 31 |
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| Finished goods inventory, January 1 | |||
| Work in process inventory, January 1 | |||
| Direct materials: | |||
| Direct materials inventory, January 1 | |||
| Direct materials purchases | |||
| Cost of direct materials available for use | |||
| Less: Direct materials inventory, January 31 | |||
| Cost of direct materials placed in production | |||
| Direct labor | |||
| Factory overhead | |||
| Total manufacturing costs | |||
| Total work in process during the period | |||
| Less: Work in process inventory, January 31 | |||
| Cost of goods manufactured | |||
| Cost of finished goods available for sale | |||
| Less: Finished goods inventory, January 31 | |||
| Cost of goods sold | $ | ||
7. Prepare a selling and administrative expenses budget for January.
| Birds of a Feather Inc. Selling and Administrative Expenses Budget For the Month Ending January 31 |
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| Selling expenses: | |||
| Sales salaries expense | |||
| Advertising expense | |||
| Telephone expense—selling | |||
| Travel expense—selling | |||
| Total selling expenses | |||
| Administrative expenses: | |||
| Office salaries expense | |||
| Depreciation expense—office equipment | |||
| Telephone expense—administrative | |||
| Office supplies expense | |||
| Miscellaneous administrative expense | |||
| Total administrative expenses | |||
| Total operating expenses | $ | ||
8. Prepare a budgeted income statement for January.
| Birds of a Feather Inc. Budgeted Income Statement For the Month Ending January 31 |
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| Revenue from sales | |||
| Cost of goods sold | |||
| Gross profit | |||
| Selling and administrative expenses: | |||
| Selling expenses | |||
| Administrative expenses | |||
| Total selling and administrative expenses | |||
| Income from operations | |||
| Other revenue: | |||
| Interest revenue | |||
| Other expenses: | |||
| Interest expense | |||
| Income before income tax | |||
| Income tax (30% rate) | |||
| Net income | |||
In: Accounting