The company's best profit-maximizing price strategy based on the views of their customers is:
Ricardo - Low price. Joe - High price. Natasha - Medium price. What is the company's best profit-maximizing price strategy?The company should charge more to customers that use the service a lot. This is why Joe should be charged the highest price.
Natasha would like to use the commercial music service more but she doesn't commute to work much so a medium price would be good.
Ricardo is indifferent and hasn't used the service much and so should get the lowest price.
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Murray Company reports net income of $770,000 for the year. It has no preferred stock, and its weighted-average common shares outstanding is 350,000 shares. Compute its basic earnings per share.
Answer:
EPS = 2.2
Explanation:
Earning per share is the amount due to each of the ordinary shareholders after settlement of interest due on loans , preferred dividends and tax.
Earnings per share (EPS) = Earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders ÷ Units of shares
Where ;
Earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders = Net income - Preferred dividends
EPS = $770,000 - 0 ÷ 350,000 shares
EPS = $2.2
IBM just paid a dividend of and expects these dividends to grow at % a year. The price of IBM is per share. What is IBM's cost of equity capital?
Question
The question is incomplete. The complete version is given below:
IBM just paid a dividend of $3.5 and expects these dividends to grow at 7% a year. The price of IBM is $100 per share. What is? IBM's cost of equity? capital?
Answer:
Cost of equity = 10.7%
Explanation:
Cost of equity can be ascertained using the dividend valuation model. The dividend valuation model states that the price of a stock is the present value of future dividends discounted at the required rate of return. The required rate of return is the cost of equity.
The cost is the minimum rate of return that ordinary shareholders are willing to accept considering the opportunity cost of their capital
Cost of equity (Ke) =( Do( 1+g)/P ) + g
DATA
Ke- ?
D0- 3.5
P-100
g-7%
Ke= 3.5×(1.07)/100 + 0.07 = 0.10745
Ke- 0.10745 × 100 = 10.7%
Cost of equity = 10.7%
In the context of early advertising, the invention of the _____ made advertising via posters, handbills, and signs possible.
Answer:
The printing press.
Explanation:
The printing press and its form of works are known to be an early age form that have been used and still in use for advertising. Advertisements of this form are seen in form of newspapers or magazines and are sometimes included as brochures or fliers. Write ups used in the print media to grab the attention of the specific target audience comes under the purview of print advertising.
Newspapers readers and also other publications methods have a tendency to browse the print ads that they come across. Moves to purchase these products could possibly not be instantaneous, but it does settle down in their subconscious mind. Next time they see the product in the market, they are tempted to buy it.
A customer owns a long-term negotiable CD. If the customer wishes to tender the CD prior to maturity, the registered representative should inform the customer that:
Complete Question:
A customer owns a long-term negotiable CD. If the customer wishes to tender the CD prior to maturity, the registered representative should inform the customer that:
A. a prepayment penalty will be charged
B. he or she will receive par value of the principal plus accrued interest
C. the CD may not be redeemed prior to maturity
D. the customer will receive the market value plus accrued interest
Answer:
D. the customer will receive the market value plus accrued interest.
Explanation:
In this scenario, a customer owns a long-term negotiable certificate of deposit (CD). If the customer wishes to tender the CD prior to maturity, the registered representative should inform the customer that the customer will receive the market value plus accrued interest.
Generally, in the stock markets when a customer wishes to withdraw his or her funds on any brokered CD, there are no penalties for such actions or choice. The registered representative should pro-rate the amount of interest earned by the customer over the period of time for the deposit.
Which of the following is an external driver of change? A. talent shortages B. budget changes C. top management D. deregulation
answer.
the answer is b.budget changes.because the external driver of changes is something that drives changes to business.
You purchased a machine for $1.19 million three years ago and have been applying straight-line depreciation to zero for a seven-year life. Your tax rate is 40%. If you sell the machine today (after three years of depreciation) for $724,000, what is your incremental cash flow from selling the machine?
Answer:
The incremental cash flow is $706,400
Explanation:
Calculation of Depreciation for 3 years
Depreciation = Cost / Useful years
= $1,190,000/7
= $170,000
Depreciation up to 3 years = $170,000 * 3
= $510,000
Calculation of Book value
Book value = Cost - Deprciation up to 3 years
= $1,190,000-$510,000
= $680,000
Profit on sale of assets = Sales value - Book value
= $724,000 - $680,000
= $44,000
Incremental Cash flow = Sales value - (Profit on sales of asset * Tax rate)
= $724,000 - $44,000 * 40%
= $724,000 - $17,600
= $706,400
Therefore, the incremental cash flow is $706,400
Crane Company distributes to consumers coupons which may be presented (on or before a stated expiration date) to grocers for discounts on certain products of Crane. The grocers are reimbursed when they send the coupons to Crane. In Crane's experience, 50% of such coupons are redeemed, and generally one month elapses between the date a grocer receives a coupon from a consumer and the date Crane receives it. During 2018 Crane issued two separate series of coupons as follows:
Issued On Total Value Consumer Expiration Date Amount Disbursed as of 12/31/18
1/1/18 $510000 6/30/18 $234000
7/1/18 830000 12/31/18 355000
The only journal entry recorded to date is: debit to coupon expense and credit to cash of $817000. The December 31, 2018 balance sheet should include a liability for unredeemed coupons of:__________
a. $0.
b. $70,000.
c. $184,000.
d. $420,000.
Answer:
Liability of un-redeemed coupons Pending on December 31, 2018 is $60,000
Explanation:
Coupon already expired issued on Jan 01, 2018
Coupon issued on 07/01/2018 $830,000
Estimated redeemable coupon value - 50% $415,000
($830,000 * 50%)
Less : Disbursed $355,000
Liability pending on Dec. 31, 2018 $60,000
The direct labor budget of Yuvwell Corporation for the upcoming fiscal year contains the following details concerning budgeted direct labor-hours:
1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
Budgeted direct labor-hours 11,000 9,700 10,000 10,800
The company uses direct labor-hours as its overhead allocation base. The variable portion of its predetermined manufacturing overhead rate is $5.75 per direct labor-hour and its total fixed manufacturing overhead is $78,000 per quarter. The only noncash item included in fixed manufacturing overhead is depreciation, which is $19,500 per quarter.
Required:
a. Prepare the company’s manufacturing overhead budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
b. Compute the company’s predetermined overhead rate (including both variable and fixed manufacturing overhead) for the upcoming fiscal year.
Answer:
Manufacturing Overhead Budget
Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Variable Overheads $63,250 $55,775 $57,500 $62,100
Fixed Overheads $78,000 $78,000 $78,000 $78,000
Total Overheads $141,250 $133,775 $135,500 $140,100
Explanation:
When Preparing the Manufacturing Overhead Budget Note the following :
The Manufacturing Overheads Include Both Fixed and Variable Overheads.Be careful to absorb the Variable overheads cost at the direct labor-hour.Fixed Overheads can Include both cash and non-cash items.You own a stock portfolio invested 30 percent in Stock Q, 25 percent in Stock R, 25 percent in Stock S, and 20 percent in Stock T. The betas for these four stocks are .95, 1.12, 1.13, and 1.30, respectively. What is the portfolio beta? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Answer:
Portfolio beta = 1.1075
Explanation:
The portfolio beta is a function of the weighted average of the individual stocks betas' that form up the portfolio. To calculate the portfolio beta, we use the following formula,
Portfolio beta = wA * Beta of A + wB * Beta of B + ... + wN * Beta of N
Where,
w represents the weight of each stock in portfolioPortfolio beta = 0.30 * 0.95 + 0.25 * 1.12 + 0.25 * 1.13 + 0.20 * 1.30
Portfolio beta = 1.1075
A negative supply shock, such as the OPEC oil price increases of the early 1970s, can be illustrated by a shift to the ______________ of the short-run aggregate supply curve and a shift _________________ of the short-run Phillips curve.
Answer: Leftward; upwards.
Explanation: A Supply shock is a term used to describe the sudden and unexpected change in the supply of a given product or commodity usually indicated by the leftward shift if the shock is negative in the aggregate supply curve and an upward change in direction in the Phillips curve both on the short run. Both curves are used to demonstrate graphically the impacts of shifts in supply for a given product or commodity.
An investor in the United States bought a one year Brazilian security valued at $195,000 Brazilian reals. The U.S. dollar equivalent was 100,000. The Brazilian security earned 16.00% during the year, but the Brazilian real depreciated 5 cents against the us dollar during the time period ($0.51 to $0.46)
Required:
a. After the transfer of funds back to the united states, what was the investors return on her $100,000?
b. Determine the total ending value of the Brazilian investment in Brazilian reals and then translate this Brazilian value to US dollar’s. Then compute the return on the $100,000.
Answer:
S
Explanation:
Sonic, Inc. is planning to produce 2,500 units of product in 2016. Each unit requires 3 pounds of materials at $6 per pound and a half hour of labor at $16 per hour. The overhead rate is 75% of direct labor.
Required:
a. Compute the budgeted amounts for 2016 for direct materials to be used, direct labor, and applied overhead.
b. Compute the standard cost of one unit of product.
Answer:
Results are below.
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Production= 2,500
Each unit requires 3 pounds of materials at $6 per pound and 0.5 of labor at $16 per hour. The overhead rate is 75% of direct labor.
First, we need to calculate the total cost for direct material, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead:
Direct material= (3*2,500)*6= $45,000
Direct labor= (0.5*2,500)*16= $20,000
Manufacturing overhead= 20,000*0.75= $15,000
Total cost= $80,000
Now, the unitary cost:
unitary cost= 80,000/2,500= $32
If you were given a personality test as part of an employment application process, would you answer the questions honestly or would you attempt to answer the questions based upon your image of "correct" way to answer? what implications does your response has for the validity of personality testing?
Explanation:
Personality tests are sold on the promise that they are valid (they measure what they say they will measure) and reliable (they produce consistent results). “Many studies over the years have proven the validity of the MBTI instrument,” says the Myers & Briggs FoundationPsychologists seek to measure personality through a number of methods, the most common of which are objective tests and projective measures.Objective tests, such as self-report measures, rely on an individual's personal responses and are relatively free of rater bias.Hope it will help you.I would answer some questions honestly but if there are some questions which i can't tell the truth i will tell some lies. because if u really like this job and don't want to loose it, it's ok to give wrong answers just for once! That's my opinion. :p. But be careful u might get in trouble if they find out ur lying!
An insurance company will only sell its Select policy to people for whom the probability of a stroke in the next ten years is less than .01. If a smoker with a systolic blood pressure of 230 applies for a Select policy, under what condition will the company sell him the policy if it adheres to this standard?
Answer:
The insurance company would only sell the Select Policy insurance to a smoker with systolic blood pressure of 230 if after carrying out a medical test, t was found out that, the probability of him or her having a stroke is actually less than 0.01.
This is to insure that, the smoker didn't capitalise on his dying nature in-order to obtained the insurance thereby defrauding the insurance company.
Explanation:
Suppose a relative has promised to give you $1,000 as a wedding gift the day you get engaged. Assuming a constant interest rate of 5%, consider the present and future values of this gift, depending on when you become engaged. Complete the first row of the table by determining the value of the gift in one and two years if you become engaged today. Present Value Value in One Year Value in Two YearsDate Received (Dollars) (Dollars) (Dollars)Today 1,000.00 ? ?In 1 year ? 1,000.00 In 2 years ? 1,000.00Complete the first column of the table by computing the present value of the gift if you get engaged in one year or two years.The present value of the gift is _________ if you get engaged in two years than it is if you get engaged in one year.
Answer:
Date Received Present Value Value in 1 Year Value In 2 Years
today $1,000 $1,050 $1,102.50
in 1 year $952.38 $1,000 $1,050
in 2 years $907.03 $952.38 $1,000
The present value of the gift is LOWER (BY $45.35) if you get engaged in two years than it is if you get engaged in one year.
Explanation:
to determine future value:
future value = present value x (1 + interest rate)ⁿ
to determine present value:
present value = future value / (1 + interest rate)ⁿ
Sam was out hunting in the woods one day when he stumbled upon a baby fox. Sam was able to capture the fox and brought him home. He went and bought the fox a cage, feeding dishes, a leash, and a name tag. He decided to call the fox Rocky, and made sure to include a phone number on the tag in case he was lost. He took Rocky for a walk, but Rocky did not seem to like the leash around its neck. Sam's wife Ellie did not seem to care for the fox. A week later, Rocky escaped from his cage and wandered away. That same day Harold saw the fox wandering on his property, but was unable to catch it. Eventually, Rocky returned to the woods. Who owns the fox?
a. Sam
b. No one
c. Harold
d. Sam and Ellie
e. Ellie
Answer:
No one
Explanation:
This is because no one legally owned him and the fox escaped anyways.
IOP Company purchased a machine on 1/1/22 costing $500. Estimated life was 5 years; estimated salvage value was $100. In 2025, IOP discovered that the bookkeeper correctly used straight-line depreciation, but erroneously used an estimated life of 8 years in computing depreciation for the first 3 years of life. The Prior Period Adjustment to be recorded in 2025 will be:
Answer:
The Prior Period Adjustment to be recorded in 2025 will include a $90 debit as adjustment to Retained Earnings
Explanation:
Correct depreciation would have been = ($500-$100)/5 = $80
Depreciation charged wrongly as ($500-$400)/8 = $50
Therefore depreciation has been charged short by $30 for three years, thereby reflecting income greater by $30 each year for 3 years.
Since due to wrong depreciation retained earnings is higher by $90, therefore we have to debit retained earnings by $90
Garfield Company has the following information for the current year: Beginning fixed manufacturing overhead in inventory $230,000 Fixed manufacturing overhead in production 850,000 Ending fixed manufacturing overhead in inventory 50,000 Beginning variable manufacturing overhead in inventory $40,000 Variable manufacturing overhead in production 140,000 Ending variable manufacturing overhead in inventory 30,000 What is the difference between operating incomes under absorption costing and variable costing?
Answer:
the difference between operating incomes under absorption costing and variable costing is $180,000 .
Explanation:
The difference between the two Operating Incomes lies in the amount of Fixed Overheads that has been deferred in Inventory.
So, calculation of the difference will be as follows :
Beginning fixed manufacturing overhead in inventory $230,000
Less Ending fixed manufacturing overhead in inventory ($50,000)
Difference between absorption costing and variable costing $180,000
You are considering an investment in software company. The beta of software companies is 1.5. The annual risk-free rate is 2% and the annual market premium is 8%. The expected annual profit from the software subscription is $100,000 and it is expected to grow at the rate of 6% per year. What is the maximum price you are willing to pay for the company? A. $1,370,925.78 B. $1,250,000.00 C. $1,123,221.12 D. $908,153.55
Answer:
Maximum price = $ 1,325,000
Explanation:
The maximum price to be paid for the company is the present value of the annual profit discounted at the rate of return on equity.
The return on equity can be calculated using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM)
Under CAPM,
E(r)= Rf + β(Rm-Rf)
E(r)- expected return, Rf-risk-free rate , β= Beta, Rm= Return on market.
Using this model, we can work out the value of beta as follows:
Ke= ?., Rf- 2%, Rm-Rf - 8%
Ke- 2% + 1.5× (8%)= 14 %
Price for the company can now be determined using the present value of the perpetuity formula with growth as follows:
The model is represented below:
P = A ×(1+g)/ ke- g
DATA
A- 100,000
g- 6%
ke- 14%
Price = 100,000× (1.06)/(0.14-0.06)= $ 1,325,000
Maximum price = $ 1,325,000
Three phenomena that tend to bias the expected completion time of projects are inflated time estimates, activity time variability with path interdependencies, and resource dependence.
a. True
b. False
Answer: True
Explanation:
The expected completion time of a project is determined when the duration of every activity that takes place on the critical path is established.
Three phenomena that tend to bias the expected completion time of projects are inflated time estimates, activity time variability with path interdependencies, and resource dependence.
Henry, a new human resources coordinator, has been asked to calculate the past month's turnover rate. He has divided the number of people who have left the company during that month (11) by the number of employees hired
(10), and then multiplied that by 100. But the number he
has come up with, 110 percent, is way too high and
doesn't make any sense. What should have Henry done
to avoid his error?
He should have multiplied the cost to
terminate by the cost per hire.
He should have multiplied by 10, not 100.
He should have divided the number of
employees hired by the cost to hire them.
He should have divided the number of people
who have left the company by the average
number of employees that month.
Answer:
he should have multiplied by 10, not 100
Explanation:
TB MC Qu. 6-63 Creswell Corporation's fixed monthly expenses ... Creswell Corporation's fixed monthly expenses are $23,000 and its contribution margin ratio is 63%. Assuming that the fixed monthly expenses do not change, what is the best estimate of the company's net operating income in a month when sales are $78,000
Answer:
Net operating income= $26,140
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Fixed costs= $23,000
The contribution margin ratio is 63%.
Sales= $78,000
First, we need to calculate the contribution margin:
Contribution margin= contribution margin ratio*sales
Contribution margin= 0.63*78,000
Contribution margin= 49,140
Net operating income= 49,140 - 23,000= $26,140
Based on the following information, what is the expected return? State of Probability of State Rate of Return if Economy of Economy State Occurs Recession .29 − 9.70% Normal .40 11.20% Boom .31 21.40% Multiple
Answer:
g
Explanation:
g
ABC Corporation has the following information: Total market value of a company’s stock: $650 million Total market value of the company’s debt: $150 million Cost of Equity: 10% Cost of Debt: 8% Corporate tax rate is 35 percent What is the WACC of ABC Corporation?
Answer:
WACC of ABC Corporation is 91%
Explanation:
WACC = Kd * (1+T) * Debt/Debt+Equity + Ke * Debt/Equity
Kd = Cost of debt
T = Corporate tax rate
WACC = 0.08*(1-0.35)*(150m/150m+650m) + 0.10*(650m/150m+650m)
WACC = 0.08 *0.65*0.1875 + 0.10*0.8125
WACC = 0.00975 + 0.08125
WACC = 0.091
WACC = 91%
Therefore, the WACC of ABC Corporation is 91%
Under the principles of agency law, any sale of goods by a salesperson in a store to a customer can be binding on the owner of the store. True False
Answer: True
Explanation:
Under Agency Law in relation to employment, the salesperson is acting as an agent of the owner of the store and as such is their representative. As their representative, it is assumed that whatever they are selling is from the Owner whom they represent and as such can be binding on the owner.
This is why the Agent must act in the best interest of the owner because the owner could be held negligent for the actions of their agents. For instance, a salesperson will not be sued for a faulty equipment that caused harm but the store can.
Three firms are currently producing and selling in a market. When one of the three firms exits the market, economists expect that the equilibrium price will ________ and the equilibrium quantity will ________.
Answer: higher; lower
Explanation:
From the question, we are informed that three firms are currently producing and selling in a market. When one of the three firms exits the market, economists expect that there will be a rise in the equilibrium price while there will be a reduction in the equilibrium quantity.
This is because when one producer leaves, there will be less supply of the good that is sold, this will eventually lead to a rise in price.
McConnel corporation has bonds on the market with 16.5 years to maturity, a YTM of 7.7 percent, a par value of 1000 and current price of 1065. The bonds make semiannual payment and have a par value of $1,000.Required:What must the coupon rate be on these bonds?
Answer:
Coupon rate = 0.08402 or 8.402%
Explanation:
To calculate the price of the bond, we need to first calculate the coupon payment per period. We assume that the interest rate provided is stated in annual terms. As the bond is a semi annual bond, the coupon payment, number of periods and semi annual YTM will be,
Coupon Payment (C) = x
Total periods (n)= 16.5 * 2 = 33
r or YTM = 7.7% * 1/2 = 3.85% or 0.0385
The formula to calculate the price of the bonds today is attached.
Using the bond price formula and the available values, we calculate the coupon rate to be,
1065 = x * [( 1 - (1+0.0385)^-33) / 0.0385] + 1000 / (1+0.0385)^33
1065 = x * (18.50739407) + 287.4653284
1065 - 287.4653284 = x * 18.50739407
777.5346716 / 18.50739407 = x
x = 42.012 rounded off to $42.01
If the semi annual coupon payment is $42.01, the annual coupon payment will be 42.01 * 2 = $84.02
The coupon rate on bonds is = 84.02 / 1000
Coupon rate = 0.08402 or 8.402%
in partnership businesses.if one partner withdraws part of his salary. How to record it in appropriation account and Current account.??Accounts
Answer:
it can be to be and so
Explanation:
On January 2 2018, Maxwell Furniture purchased display shelving for $8,100 cash, expecting the shelving to remain in service for five years. Maxwell depreciated the shelving on a double-declining-balance basis, with $1,800 estimated residual value. On October 31, 2019, the company sold the shelving for $2,700 cash.
Requirement:
Record both the depreciation expense on the shelving for and its sale in . Also show how to compute the gain or loss on the disposal of the shelving.
Answer: Please find answers in explanation column
Explanation:
Double declining depreciation rate = 1/n x 2
= 1/5 x 2= 2/5 = 0.4 x 100 = 40 %
Carrying value = if depreciation rate = 40 % , then begining value = 100-40=60%
Depreciation expense for 2019 = Carrying value x depreciation nrate x period(jan- oct) = $8,100 x 60% x 40% x 10/12 = $1,620
Journal entry to record Depreciation expense
Accounts Debit Credit
Depreciation expense $1,620
Accumulated depreciation--Display shelving $1,620
Carrying value / Ending balance of shelving at October, 2019= cost - depreciation
8,100 - 8,100 x 40% + 1620 = 8,100 - 4,860= $3240
Gain/ Loss = Sale - the ending balance of the carrying value of the asset
$2700 - $3240= -540= $540 loss
Journal to record shelving for and its sale in .
Accounts Debit Credit
Cash $2700
Accumulated depreciation--
Display shelving (3240 +1620) $4860
loss on sale of asset $540
Shelving $8,100
The debt-to-equity ratio for your small business was 1.40 at the end of last year and 1.25 at the end of this year. Your debt-to-equity ratio is:_________
Answer:
debt-to-equity ratio is 1.33 .
Explanation:
Given the debt equity ratio at the beginning and at end of the year, we can estimate the debt equity ratio of a company as the average of the two.
Average debt-to-equity ratio = (1.40 + 1.25) ÷ 2
= 1.325 or 1.33