Each of these scenarios requires you to determine what the best source for a suitable candidate may be.
|
In: Operations Management
1. The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a test required for admission into many masters of business administration (MBA) programs. Suppose a random sample of 8 students took the test, and their scores are given below. 699, 560, 414, 570, 521, 663, 727, 413
-Find a point estimate of the population mean -Construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the true mean score for the population.
-How many students should be surveyed to estimate the mean score within 25 points with 90% confidence?
-How many students should be surveyed to estimate the mean score within 25 points with 95% confidence?
-. How many students should be surveyed to estimate the mean score within 25 points with 99% confidence?
In: Statistics and Probability
Each of the following situations require some trade-offs. You are supposed to analyze and discuss a few trade-offs with respect to each of the given situation. a) A Parliamentarian has to make a decision whether to spend on Karachi’s sewerage system (1 Mark) b) President of a corporation wants to make a decision whether to start a new factory. (1 Mark) c) A middle income family wants to decide whether to buy a new Honda City. (1 Mark) d) A student who’s recently finished his BBA wants to decide whether to start his MBA. (1 Mark) e) Federal government wants to decide whether to spend on welfare of poor people during COVID-19 pandemic (1 Mark)
In: Economics
Please do not just give the answer. Please also explain how you got them. Thanks!
1. Which of the following is not a valid method of applying LCNRV:
A. logical categories of inventory (i.e. product line)
B. the entire inventory
C. inventory items to be sold within the next year
D. individual inventory items
|
E. None of the answer choices are correct |
2. Which of the following would not require the company to account for the change retrospectively?
A. From average cost to FIFO.
B. From FIFO to average cost.
C. From LIFO to FIFO.
D. From LIFO to average cost
|
E. None of the answer choices are correct |
3. Gains on the cash sales of property, plant, and equipment (PP&E):
A. Are the excess of the book value over the cash proceeds.
B. Are part of cash flows from operations.
C. Are reported on a net-of-tax basis if material.
D. Are the excess of the cash proceeds over the fair value of the assets sold.
E. None of these answer choices are correct.
4. Collection of accounts receivable that previously have been written off results in an increase in cash and an increase in:
A) Accounts receivable.
B) Allowance for uncollectible accounts.
C) Bad debts expense.
D) Retained earnings.
E) None of the answers are correct.
In: Accounting
Problem 6-2AA Periodic: Alternative cost flows LO P3
[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]
Warnerwoods Company uses a periodic inventory system. It entered into the following purchases and sales transactions for March.
| Date | Activities | Units Acquired at Cost | Units Sold at Retail | |||||||||
| Mar. | 1 | Beginning inventory | 200 | units | @ $90 per unit | |||||||
| Mar. | 5 | Purchase | 500 | units | @ $95 per unit | |||||||
| Mar. | 9 | Sales | 520 | units | @ $125 per unit | |||||||
| Mar. | 18 | Purchase | 320 | units | @ $100 per unit | |||||||
| Mar. | 25 | Purchase | 400 | units | @ $102 per unit | |||||||
| Mar. | 29 | Sales | 360 | units | @ $135 per unit | |||||||
| Totals | 1,420 | units | 880 | units | ||||||||
For specific identification, the March 9 sale consisted of 70 units from beginning inventory and 450 units from the March 5 purchase; the March 29 sale consisted of 140 units from the March 18 purchase and 220 units from the March 25 purchase.
Required.
Part one. Compute cost of goods available for sale
and the number of units available for sale.
Part two. Compute the number of units in ending inventory.
Part three. Compute the cost assigned to ending inventory using (a) FIFO, (b) LIFO, (c) weighted average, and (d) specific identification. (Round your average cost per unit to 2 decimal places.)
Part four. Compute gross profit earned by the company for each of the four costing methods. (Round your average cost per unit to 2 decimal places and final answers to nearest whole dollar.)
In: Accounting
Problem 6-2AA Periodic: Alternative cost flows LO P3
[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]
Warnerwoods Company uses a periodic inventory system. It entered into the following purchases and sales transactions for March.
|
Date |
Activities |
Units Acquired at Cost |
Units Sold at Retail |
|||||||||
|
Mar. |
1 |
Beginning inventory |
190 |
units |
@ $80 per unit |
|||||||
|
Mar. |
5 |
Purchase |
490 |
units |
@ $85 per unit |
|||||||
|
Mar. |
9 |
Sales |
510 |
units |
@ $115 per unit |
|||||||
|
Mar. |
18 |
Purchase |
300 |
units |
@ $90 per unit |
|||||||
|
Mar. |
25 |
Purchase |
380 |
units |
@ $92 per unit |
|||||||
|
Mar. |
29 |
Sales |
340 |
units |
@ $125 per unit |
|||||||
|
Totals |
1,360 |
units |
850 |
units |
||||||||
For specific identification, the March 9 sale consisted of 50 units from beginning inventory and 460 units from the March 5 purchase; the March 29 sale consisted of 130 units from the March 18 purchase and 210 units from the March 25 purchase.
Required.
1. Compute cost of goods available for sale and the number of units available for sale.
2. Compute the number of units in ending inventory.
3. Compute the cost assigned to ending inventory using (a) FIFO, (b) LIFO, (c) weighted average, and (d) specific identification. (Round your average cost per unit to 2 decimal places.)
4. Compute gross profit earned by the company for each of the four costing methods. (Round your average cost per unit to 2 decimal places and final answers to nearest whole dollar.)
In: Accounting
Please provide examples of the following:
Chapter 7
1) What makes up “cash and cash equivalents”
2) Journal entry to records sale of a product using the “gross method for accounting for cash discounts”.
3) Journal entry to record receipt of payment when using “gross method of accounting for cash discounts” when payment is within discount terms and also when payment is received after the discount term has expired
4) Journal entry for sales allowances
5) Know increases and decreases in Allowance for Sales Returns under the New Revenue Recognition rules
6) Bad Debts;
a) Estimating allowance for bad debts under both the percentage of sales and the percentage of assets method (ageing of receivables)
b) Determining the ending balance in both Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts when given beginning balance in the two accounts and activity for the year.
c) Same as (b) but for Bad Debt Expense
6) Bank Reconciliation – determining correct cash balance
a) Deposits in transit are added to bank statement balance
b) Outstanding checks are deducted from bank statement balance
c) Non-sufficient-fund (NSF) checks are deducted from general ledger balance, both for the amount of the check and any fee charged by the bank
d) Service charges by the bank on bank statement are deducted from general ledger balance
e) Collection by the bank of notes receivable and interest earned by a company that is reported on the bank statement are added to general ledger balance
f) Any errors by the company must be added to or deducted from general ledger balance
In: Accounting
Lecondo Company is engaged in the manufacture and sale of fitness apparel. Several years ago it bought a health food business that has incurred losses since its acquisition. In 2018, the company sold the health food business. The results of operations and other activities for 2018 are summarized below.
Fitness Apparel Health foods
Net sales $17,400,000 $2,600,000
Cost of goods sold 8,100,000 1,700,000
Other operating expenses 4,700,000 1,200,000
Other:
The health food business was sold in September 2018 at a disposal loss of $500,000.
Treasury stock that had been acquired in 2017 for $130,000 was sold in 2018 for $195,000. The difference between cost and reissue price is not taxable.
During 2018, Lecondo sold 10,000 shares of its previously unissued $10 par value common stock to the public at a price of $27 per share.
Interest revenue of $2,000 was earned during 2018.
Cash dividends declared and paid during 2018 amounted to $700,000.
The fitness apparel division sold land at a $98,000 gain during 2018.
All of the foregoing amounts are before considering the effects of income taxes. The income tax rate is 40%.
Required: Calculate the following amounts that would appear on Lecondo’s income statement. Be alert for items that should not be included in the computation of net income.
Gross profit
Operating income
Income from continuing operations before taxes
Income from continuing operations
Net income
Check figures:
b. Operating income, $4,600,000
c. Income from continuing operations (before taxes), $4,700,000
d. Income from continuing operations (after taxes), $2,820,000
e. Net income, $2,340,000
In: Accounting
1)Matt and Meg Comer are married and file a joint return. They do not have any children. Matt works as a history professor at a local university and earns a salary of $64,200. Meg works part-time at the same university. She earns $31,200 a year. The couple does not itemize deductions. Other than salary, the Comers’ only other source of income is from the disposition of various capital assets (mostly stocks). (Use the 2016 tax rate schedules.) (Round final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
a. What is the Comers’ tax liability for 2018 if they report the following capital gains and losses for the year?
Short-term capital gains$9,040
Short-term capital losses (2,040)
Long-term capital gains 15,070
Long-term capital losses (6,070)
The answer is not $9,122
b) What is the Comer's tax liability for 2018 if they report the following capital gains and losses for the years?
Short term capital gains $1,500
Short term capital losses 0
Long term capital gains 13,080
Long term capital losses (10,040)
The answer is not $8,370
In: Accounting
Listed below are student evaluation ratings of courses, where a rating of 5 is for "excellent." The ratings were obtained at one university in a state. Construct a confidence interval using a 99%
confidence level. What does the confidence interval tell about the population of all college students in the state?
4.0, 3.0,4.1,4.8, 3.0 ,4.3 ,3.7 ,4.9, 4.2, 4.2 ,4.1 ,3.9 ,3.4 ,4.0, 4.0
What is the confidence interval for the population mean μ?
_____<μ<____?
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
What does the confidence interval tell about the population of all college students in the state? Select the correct choice below and, if necessary, fill in the answer box(es) to complete your choice.
A.We are 99% confident that the interval from____ to____ actually contains the true mean evaluation rating.
(Round to one decimal place as needed.)
B.We are confident that 99% of all students gave evaluation ratings between _____ and______?
(Round to one decimal place as needed.)
C.The results tell nothing about the population of all college students in the state, since the sample is from only one university.
In: Statistics and Probability