What is gross margin? How is it calculated? Why might management be interested in the use of the tool for analyzing accounting information? Using a bit of research, which industry presents a notoriously low gross margin percentage, and conversely, name an industry that traditionally experiences a high gross margin percentage.

A hospital director is told that 35%35% of the treated patients are uninsured. The director wants to test the claim that the percentage of uninsured patients is under the expected percentage. A sample of 120120 patients found that 3030 were uninsured. Determine the decision rule for rejecting the null hypothesis, H0H0, at the 0.020.02 level.

Zume Pizza: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

Zume Pizza uses a combination of robots, artificial intelligence (AI), and GPS in its food trucks to deliver pizzas to customers’ houses just as the pizza is finished baking. Pizzas are actually prepared and baked in the Zume pizza truck by an employee assisted by robots. Zume Pizza started operations in April 2016 and is currently selling about 250 pizzas per day.

The pizza delivery process starts with a customer using Zume Pizza’s app to order pizza. The pizza combinations offered by Zume have been derived by analyzing customer data to offer several popular options. These preset combination recipes are programmed into Zume’s computers, so that its robots can build and bake the pizzas efficiently.

All pizza preparation and baking happens in the Zume pizza truck. Once the customer orders a pizza, a worker in the Zume food truck will toss the dough, cut the vegetables, and put on toppings. A robot will put on the pizza sauce. Each Zume pizza truck has 56 pizza ovens, which are each individually connected to the order system and the truck’s GPS. A robot will put the pizza into the designated oven exactly four minutes before the truck reaches the customer’s house. A worker will pull out the pizza when it is finished and place it into the cutter, where a robot will cut the pizza. The pizza is boxed and the pizza is delivered to the customer’s door, all within a few minutes of finishing baking. Eventually, Zume’s owners hope to use a robot to remove pizzas from the oven as well.

Assume that average selling price per pizza is about $18. To follow are estimates of costs that might be incurred by Zume Pizza in its pizza business.

Description and Cost estimate (in dollars)

• Ingredient cost per pizza: $6.00
• Truck fuel cost per delivery: $3.00
• Cost of pizza delivery truck (estimated useful life 5 years, no salvage value): $80,000
• Cost of initial software development (estimated useful life 3 years): $30,000
• Annual maintenance/update costs of software: $25,000
• Supplies cost per pizza (box, napkins, etc.): $1.00
• Cost to park pizza delivery truck per year (garage facility): $24,000
• Insurance and other regulatory costs per year: $36,000
• Cost of cofounders’ salaries per year: $150,000
• Cost to rent restaurant kitchen facility for testing and food prep (per year): $45,000
• Direct labor cost per pizza (driving truck and preparing pizza in truck): $5.00

Initial Question:

Please address the question(s) below. In your post, please support your response (why do you think so?)

From the list above, what costs would you classify as variable with respect to the cost of a Zume pizza? Are there any other variable costs you could envision that Zume might incur per pizza? Explain.

From the list above, what costs would you classify as fixed with respect to the cost of a Zume pizza? Are there any other fixed costs you could envision that Zume might incur in its pizza business? Explain.

Please use Excel to solve the assignment and submit as an excel spreadsheet.

Bethesda Mining Company Based on a Mini Case presented in the textbook Ross, S.A., R.W. Westerfield and J. Jaffe, Corporate Finance, McGraw Hill/Irwin. Bethesda Mining is a midsized coal mining company with 20 mines located in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Kentucky. The company operates deep mines as well as strip mines. Most of the coal mined is sold under contract, with excess production sold on the spot market. The coal mining industry, especially high-sulfur coal operations such as Bethesda, has been hard hit by environmental regulations. Recently, however, a combination of increased demand for coal and new pollution reduction technologies has led to an improved market demand for high sulfur coal. Bethesda has just been approached by Mid-Ohio Electric Company with a request to supply coal for its electric generators for the next four years. Bethesda Mining does not have enough excess capacity at its existing mines to guarantee the contract. The company is considering opening a strip mine in Ohio on 5,000 acres of land purchased 10 years ago for $5 million. Based on a recent appraisal, the company feels it could receive $4.2 million on an aftertax basis if it sold the land today. Strip mining is a process where the layers of topsoil above vein are removed and the exposed soil is removed. Some time ago, the company would simply remove the coil and leave the land in an unusable condition. Changes in the mining regulations now force the a company to reclaim the land; that is, when mining is completed, the land must be restored to near its original condition. The land can then be used for other purposes. Because it is currently operating at full capacity, Bethesda will need to purchase additional necessary equipment, which will cost $32 million. The equipment will be depreciated on a seven-year MACRS schedule. The contract runs for only four years. At that time the coal from the site will be entirely mined. The company feels that the equipment can be sold for 60 percent of its initial purchase price. However, Bethesda plans to open another strip mine at that time and will use the equipment at the new mine. The contract calls for the delivery of 500,000 tons of coal per year at a price of $40 per ton. Bethesda Mining feels that call production will be 530,000 tons, 630,000 tons, 700,000 tons, and 630,000 tons, respectively, over the next four years. The excess production will be sold in the spot market at an average of $45 per ton. Variable costs amount to $15 per ton, and fixed costs are $2,200,000 per year. The mine will require a net working capital investment of 2 percent of sales. The NWC will be built up in the year prior to sales. Bethesda will be responsible for reclaiming the land at termination of the mining. This will occur in year 5. The company uses an outside company for reclamation of all the company’s strip mines. It is estimated the cost of reclamation will be $3 million. After the land is reclaimed, the company plans to denote the land to the state for use as a public park and recreation area. This will occur in year 6 and result in a charitable expense deduction of $5 million. Bethesda faces a 40 percent tax rate and has a 10 percent required return on new strip mine projects. Assume that a loss in any year will result in a tax credit. You have been approached by the president of the company with a request to analyze the project. Calculate the payback period, profitability index, net present value and internal rate of return for the new strip mine. Should Bethesda Mining take the contract and open the mine?

Question: BETHESDA MINING COMPANY Bethesda Mining is a midsized coal mining company with 20 mines located i... BETHESDA MINING COMPANY Bethesda Mining is a midsized coal mining company with 20 mines located in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky. The company operates deep mines as well as strip mines. Most of the coal mined is sold under contract, with excess production sold on the spot market. The coal mining industry, especially high-sulfur coal operations such as Bethesda, has been hard-hit by environmental regulations. Recently, however, a combination of increased demand for coal and new pollution reduction technologies has led to an improved market demand for high-sulfur coal. Bethesda has just been approached by Mid-Ohio Electric Company with a request to supply coal for its electric generators for the next four years. Bethesda Mining does not have enough excess capacity at its existing mines to guarantee the contract. The company is considering opening a strip mine in Ohio on 5,000 acres of land purchased 10 years ago for $5 million. Based on a recent appraisal, the company feels it could receive $5.5 million on an aftertax basis if it sold the land today. Strip mining is a process where the layers of topsoil above a coal vein are removed and the exposed coal is removed. Some time ago, the company would simply remove the coal and leave the land in an unusable condition. Changes in mining regulations now force a company to reclaim the land; that is, when the mining is completed, the land must be restored to near its original condition. The land can then be used for other purposes. Because it is currently operating at full capacity, Bethesda will need to purchase additional necessary equipment, which will cost $85 million. The equipment will be depreciated on a seven-year MACRS schedule. The contract runs for only four years. At that time the coal from the site will be entirely mined. The company feels that the equipment can be sold for 60 percent of its initial purchase price in four years. However, Bethesda plans to open another strip mine at that time and will use the equipment at the new mine. The contract calls for the delivery of 500,000 tons of coal per year at a price of $82 per ton. Bethesda Mining feels that coal production will be 620,000 tons, 680,000 tons, 730,000 tons, and 590,000 tons, respectively, over the next four years. The excess production will be sold in the spot market at an average of $76 per ton. Variable costs amount to $31 per ton, and fixed costs are $4,100,000 per year. The mine will require a net working capital investment of 5 percent of sales. The NWC will be built up in the year prior to the sales. Bethesda will be responsible for reclaiming the land at termination of the mining. This will occur in Year 5. The company uses an outside company for reclamation of all the company's strip mines. It is estimated the cost of reclamation will be $2.7 million. In order to get the necessary permits for the strip mine, the company agreed to donate the land after reclamation to the state for use as a public park and recreation area. This will occur in Year 6 and result in a charitable expense deduction of $6 million. Bethesda faces a 38 percent tax rate and has a 12 percent required return on new strip mine projects. Assume that a loss in any year will result in a tax credit. You have been approached by the president of the company with a request to analyze the project. Calculate the payback period, profitability index, net present value, and internal rate of return for the new strip mine. Should Bethesda Mining take the contract and open the mine? no need for excel i need calculations and show your work please

DSW is a midsized coal mining company with 20 mines located in Hessen region in central Germany. The company operates deep mines as well as strip mines. Most of the coal mined is sold under contract, with excess production sold on the spot market.

The coal mining industry, especially high-sulfur coal operations such as DSW, has been hard-hit by environmental regulations and warmer than expected winter 2014/2015 and 2016/2017. Recently, however, a combination of increased demand for coal and new pollution reduction technologies has led to an improved market demand for high-sulfur coal. DSW has just been approached by SudenKraftwerk Company with a request to supply coal for its electric generators for the next four years. DSW does not have enough excess capacity at its existing mines to guarantee the contract. The company is considering opening a strip mine in Broken on 5,000 acres of land purchased 10 years ago for € 5 million. Based on a recent appraisal, the company feels it could receive € 6.2 million on an after-tax basis if it sold the land today.

Strip mining is a process where the layers of topsoil above a coal vein are removed and the exposed coal is removed. Changes in mining regulations now force a company to reclaim the land; that is, when the mining is completed, the land must be restored to near its original condition. The land can then be used for other purposes. Because it is currently operating at full capacity, DWS will need to purchase additional necessary equipment, which will cost € 78 million. The equipment will be depreciated on a seven-year linear basis. The contract runs for only four years. At that time the coal from the site will be entirely mined. The company feels that the equipment can be sold for 60 percent of its initial purchase price in four years. However, DSW plans to open another strip mine at that time and will use the equipment at the new mine.

The contract calls for the delivery of 500,000 tons of coal per year at a price of €85 per ton. DWS feels that coal production will be 620,000 tons, 680,000 tons, 730,000 tons, and 590,000 tons, respectively, over the next four years. The excess production will be sold in the spot market at an average of € 80 per ton but the spot prices are highly volatile. The fact should be taken into consideration in the analysis. Variable costs amount to € 27 per ton, and fixed costs are € 3,700,000 per year. The mine will require net working capital of 5 percent of sales. The NWC will be built up in the year prior to the sales.

DSW will be responsible for reclaiming the land at termination of the mining. This will occur in year 5. The company uses an outside company for reclamation of all the company’s strip mines. It is estimated the cost of reclamation will be € 2.4 million. After the land is reclaimed, the company plans to donate the land to the state for use as a public park and recreation area. This will occur in year 6 and result in a charitable expense deduction of € 6.5 million. DSW faces a 19 percent tax rate. Assume that a loss in any year will result in a tax credit.

You have been approached by the CFO of the company with a request to analyze the project.

Calculate the payback period, profitability index, net present value, internal rate of return for the new strip mine. Please prepare also sensitivity analysis for the project.

To calculate WACC of DSW assume that it is rather illiquid company with capitalization on the level of € 680 million, beta equals 1,25, outstanding interest bearing debt on the level of € 300 million and cash level of € 78 million.[1] The current EBIT of DSW amounts € 80 million and the gross financial costs equals € 28 million.

Should DSW Mining take the contract and open the mine taking into consideration the risk of the project?

Carpenter Cornices, Ltd., produces a wide variety of cornice moldings for windows at a plant located in Evergreen Park, Illinois. Because there are hundreds of products, some of which are made only to order, the company uses a job-order costing system. On July 1, the start of the company’s fiscal year, inventory account balances were as follows: Raw materials $ 12,700 Work in process $ 6,700 Finished goods $ 10,400 The company applies overhead cost to jobs on the basis of machine-hours. Its predetermined overhead rate for the fiscal year starting July 1 was based on a cost formula that estimated $191,400 of manufacturing overhead for an estimated activity level of 58,000 machine-hours. During the year, the following transactions were completed (Assume all purchases and services were acquired on account): a. Raw materials purchased on account, $202,000. b. Raw materials requisitioned for use in production, $164,000 (materials costing $152,500 were chargeable directly to jobs; the remaining materials were indirect). c. Costs for employee services were incurred as follows: Direct labor $ 111,000 Indirect labor $ 48,300 Sales commissions $ 34,500 Administrative salaries $ 53,500 d. Prepaid insurance expired during the year, $28,000 ($17,700 of this amount related to factory operations, and the remainder related to selling and administrative activities). e. Utility costs incurred in the factory, $25,500. f. Advertising costs incurred, $14,800. g. Depreciation recorded on equipment, $39,000. ($25,500 of this amount was on equipment used in factory operations; the remaining $13,500 was on equipment used in selling and administrative activities.) h. Manufacturing overhead cost was applied to jobs, $?. (The company recorded 31,000 machine-hours of operating time during the year.) i. Goods that had cost $326,000 to manufacture according to their job cost sheets were completed. j. Sales (all on account) to customers during the year totaled $614,000. These goods had cost $325,000 to manufacture according to their job cost sheets.1. 1.- Prepare journal entries to record the transactions for the year. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.) Prepare T-accounts for inventories, Manufacturing Overhead, and Cost of Goods Sold. Post relevant data from your journal entries to these T-accounts (don’t forget to enter the opening balances in your inventory accounts). Compute an ending balance in each account. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) 3-a. Is Manufacturing Overhead underapplied or overapplied for the year? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) 3-b. Prepare a journal entry to close any balance in the Manufacturing Overhead account to Cost of Goods Sold. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places. If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.) Prepare an income statement for the year. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

Schrader Cellars uses the FIFO method in its two department process costing system: Fermenting (grape sorting is part of the fermentation process) and Packaging. Direct materials (grapes) are added at the beginning of the fermenting process and at the end of the packaging process (bottles). Conversion costs are added evenly throughout each process. Data from the month of december for the Fermenting Department are below:

Beginning work in process inventory:

            Units in beginning work in process inventory            3,000 gallons

            Materials costs                                                            $122,000

            Conversion costs                                                         $7,000

            Percentage complete with respect to materials           100%

            Percentage complete with respect to conversion        50%

Units started into production during the month                      5,000 gallons

Materials costs added during the month                                 $250,000

Conversion costs added during the month                             $30,000

Ending work in process inventory:

            Units in ending work in process                                 2,000 gallons

            Percentage complete with respect to materials           100%

            Percentage complete with respect to conversion        75%

REQUIRED:

1. Prepare a FIFO production report for the Fermentation Department for Schrader Cellars for the month ended December 31, 2018.

Schrader Cellars uses the FIFO method in its two department process costing system: Fermenting (grape sorting is part of the fermentation process) and Packaging. Direct materials (grapes) are added at the beginning of the fermenting process and at the end of the packaging process (bottles). Conversion costs are added evenly throughout each process. Data from the month of december for the Fermenting Department are below:

Beginning work in process inventory:

            Units in beginning work in process inventory            3,000 gallons

            Materials costs                                                            $122,000

            Conversion costs                                                         $7,000

            Percentage complete with respect to materials           100%

            Percentage complete with respect to conversion        50%

Units started into production during the month                      5,000 gallons

Materials costs added during the month                                 $250,000

Conversion costs added during the month                             $30,000

Ending work in process inventory:

            Units in ending work in process                                 2,000 gallons

            Percentage complete with respect to materials           100%

            Percentage complete with respect to conversion        75%

REQUIRED:

1. Prepare a FIFO production report for the Fermentation Department for Schrader Cellars for the month ended December 31, 2018.