If during the first year of the new administration, American students organize a boycott of clothing produced in foreign ‘sweat shops’ and Immigration of workers suitable for employment in the clothing market slows. Explain the long-term effects each will have on both wages and employment levels in the domestic clothing labor market?
In: Economics
A 49-year-old patient with rheumatoid arthritis comes into the clinic with a chief complaint of a fever. Patient’s current medications include atorvastatin 40 mg at night, methotrexate 10 mg po every Friday morning and prednisone 5 mg po qam. He states that he has had a fever up to 101 degrees F for about a week and admits to chills and sweats. He says he has had more fatigue than usual and reports some chest pain associated with coughing. He admits to having occasional episodes of hemoptysis. He works as a grain inspector at a large farm cooperative. After extensive work-up, the patient was diagnosed with Invasive aspergillosis. Be sure that you are addressing the following points within the body of your paper: Evaluate cellular processes and alterations within cellular processes Analyze alterations in the immune system that result in disease processes Identify racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning Evaluate the impact of patient characteristics on disorders and altered physiology?
In: Nursing
1.Following are costs incurred in the past year involved with the opening of a new branch in a company. Use the following information to calculate the total amount that was debited to the land account.
|
Description |
Amount |
|
Fee for Title |
300 |
|
Architect Fee |
3,100 |
|
Cash paid for land and old building |
80,000 |
|
Remova lof building |
7,000 |
|
Salavage Value of Building Removed |
1,000 |
|
Purchased machinery |
10,000 |
|
New building constructed |
500,000 |
|
Assessment by city for building permit |
600 |
|
Installation on machinery |
1,500 |
|
Tree's and landscaping |
5,000 |
In: Accounting
The information below was extracted from the books of Battle Field Ltd for the year ended December 31, 2019. Battle Field Ltd. Condensed Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31, 2019 Sardines GHS Tuna Flakes GHS Oatmeal GHS Total GHS Sales 500,000 400,000 100,000 1,000,000 Costs of goods sold: Variable costs Fixed costs 220,000 120,000 200,000 80,000 60,000 20,000 480,000 220,000 Total cost of goods sold 340,000 280,000 80,000 700,000 Gross profit 160,000 120,000 20,000 300,000 Operating expenses: Variable expenses Fixed expenses 95,000 25,000 60,000 20,000 25,000 6,000 180,000 51,000 Total operating expenses 120,000 80,000 31,000 231,000 Income (loss) from operations 40,000 40,000 (11,000) 69,000 Management is contemplating on whether or not to discontinue Oatmeal. Required: a. Advise management whether or not to discontinue Oatmeal and support your answer with calculations depicting the contribution derived from Oatmeal and the effect of discontinuing oatmeal on overall profits of battle field Limited. b. Most Management decisions are affected by the nature, purpose and behavior of costs. You have been tasked by the management of battlefield Limited to educate the staff of its Accounts department on the effects of the various classifications of costs on their decisions. Prepare your notes for this presentation. (Total 18 marks
In: Accounting
The Dorset Corporation produces and sells a single product. The following data refer to the year just completed:
| Beginning inventory | 0 | |
| Units produced | 29,500 | |
| Units sold | 20,400 | |
| Selling price per unit | $ | 469 |
| Selling and administrative expenses: | ||
| Variable per unit | $ | 19 |
| Fixed per year | $ | 346,800 |
| Manufacturing costs: | ||
| Direct materials cost per unit | $ | 203 |
| Direct labor cost per unit | $ | 50 |
| Variable manufacturing overhead cost per unit | $ | 30 |
| Fixed manufacturing overhead per year | $ | 442,500 |
Assume that direct labor is a variable cost.
Required:
a. Compute the unit product cost under both the absorption costing and variable costing approaches.
b. Prepare an income statement for the year using absorption costing.
c. Prepare an income statement for the year using variable costing.
d. Reconcile the absorption costing and variable costing net operating income figures in (b) and (c) above.
In: Accounting
The ThalenTrust has the receipts and expenditures listed below for the current year. Assume the Uniform Act governs an item's classification as principal or income. The trustee's fee is charged one-half to principal and one-half to income.
Requirement
What is the trust's net accounting income and the maximum amount it can distribute? Assume the trust instrument precludes distributing principal currently.
|
Dividends |
$12,000 |
|
Interest on tax-exempt bonds |
9,000 |
|
Loss on sale of capital asset |
(11,000) |
|
Rental income from land |
4,000 |
|
Property taxes on rental property |
2,200 |
|
Trustee's fee |
1,200 |
In: Accounting
Suppose a company will issue new 20-year debt with a par value of $1,000 and a coupon rate of 8%, paid annually. The issue price will be $1,000. The tax rate is 35%. If the flotation cost is 2% of the issue proceeds, then what is the after-tax cost of debt? Disregard the tax shield from the amortization of flotation costs. Round your answer to two decimal places. % What if the flotation costs were 11% of the bond issue? Round your answer to two decimal places.
In: Finance
You are considering buying a bond that matures in one year. The current market price is $839.00. Par value is $1000. The coupon is 8%. Assuming the company does not default and pays off the bond at maturity, what would be your total return on the bond if you purchased it today at $839.00?
a. 22.45% b. 24.58% c. 28.73% d. 31.33%
In: Finance
The CDC reports the probability a 25 year old adult will survive to age 35 is 0.986. you select twenty 25-year-old adults at random.
A) What is the probability exactly 19 adults survive to age 35? All 20 survive? At least 19 survive?
B) What is the probability at most 5 adults pass away before 35? at least 15 survive?
C) Find the expected value and explain what it means in context
D) Find the minimum number of 25 year old adults we need to select at random for the probability for the probabilty distribution to be approximatley normal.
E) Under the conditions of part (D) find the upper and lower fences
In: Statistics and Probability
The following table shows the nominal returns on U.S. stocks and the rate of inflation. Year Nominal Return (%) Inflation (%) 2010 13.6 3.7 2011 8.6 2.8 2012 16.0 3.3 2013 4.1 4.4 2014 −40.2 .4 a. What was the standard deviation of the nominal market returns? (Do not make the adjustment for degrees of freedom described in footnote 18.) (Use decimals, not percents, in your calculations. Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Standard deviation % b. Calculate the arithmetic average real return. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Average real return %
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