PureFruit Inc. prices its products higher than most of its competing brands in the packaged fruit juice industry. However, it still enjoys higher returns than its competitors because it is the only brand that can rightfully claim the use of fresh fruits and no added sugar. What kind of organizational strategy based on competitive advantage does PureFruit most likely use?
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Answer:
Strategy based on differentiation
Explanation:
Please find the options to this question in the attached image
In pursing a competitive advantage by differentiation, the firm strives to make its product different from that of its competition.
The differences between the product and that of competitors are identified and communicated to consumers so they find the product more attractive.
PureFruit Inc. products are different from that of its competitors because it uses fresh fruits and no added sugar
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Wertz Corporation issued ten-year, 8% bonds on January 1, 2017 at a discount. During 2017, the company's accountant failed to amortize any of the bond discount. The omission of the discount amortization will
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Answer:
Wertz Corporation
Omission of the discount amortization will:
increase the net income by the amount of the discount that should have been amortized in the year ended December 31, 2017.
Explanation:
Wertz's bond discount represents a loss to the corporation that should be written off over the life of the bond. If the 2017 discount amortization is omitted, the net income is increased by the amount of the discount amortization expense. This means that the income is overstated by that amount. If this omission is discovered before the issuance of the financial reports, it should be reflected in the accounts. If not, depending on its materiality, this amount must be reflected by restating the 2017 financial statements.
As a result of a decrease in the demand for U.S. dollars, there has been depreciation in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to Jamaican dollars. The depreciation in the U.S. dollar has benefitted some groups but harmed others. Indicate which of the groups are winners and which are losers from the standpoint of the depreciation of the U.S. dollar.
A. Todd, an American, going to visit Jamaica for spring break.
B. An investment bank in Jamaica that is interested in purchasing U.S. government bonds.
C. Goodyear, a U.S. based firm, selling car tires in Jamaica.
D. A family from Jamaica visiting relatives in the U.S. E. A firm from Jamaica selling handbags in the U.S.
F. U.S. based Hewlett-Packard, which is purchasing a high tech company in Jamaica.
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Answer;
A. Todd, an American, going to visit Jamaica for spring break. - Loser
The US dollar depreciating means that it now takes more US dollars to buy Jamaican dollars. Todd will afford less Jamaican dollars when he goes to Jamaica.
B. An investment bank in Jamaica that is interested in purchasing U.S. government bonds. - Winner
The Investment bank will see that their domestic currency is stronger than it was therefore they can buy more US dollars. As a result it will be cheaper for the Investment bank to buy U.S. Government bonds.
C. Goodyear, a U.S. based firm, selling car tires in Jamaica. - Winners.
Goodyear will be winners because when they sell their tires in Jamaican dollars and then convert it to USD, they will.get more dollars from the transaction than before.
D. A family from Jamaica visiting relatives in the U.S. - Winners
As the Jamaican family will be able to buy more US dollars than before, they are winners.
E. A firm from Jamaica selling handbags in the U.S. - Losers.
As the firm sells in the US, they sell in US dollars. When they try to convert their sales to Jamaican dollars, they will get less than before.
F. U.S. based Hewlett-Packard, which is purchasing a high tech company in Jamaica. - Losers.
The depreciation of the US dollar means than HP will have to spend more dollars purchasing the company than before because the purchase price of the company will be stated in Jamaican dollars.
7 pounds of raw material are required to make 1 finished unit. The company desires an ending raw materials inventory for each month equal to 29% of the following months production (in units of raw material) . How many pounds of raw material should be purchased in May?
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Answer:
Instructions are below.
Explanation:
We weren't provided with enough information to answer the request. But, I will give an example and formulas to guide an answer.
For example:
Production in units:
May=20,000
June= 22,000
Beginning inventory of direct materials= 8,000
To calculate the purchase for May, we need to use the following formula:
Purchases= production + desired ending inventory - beginning inventory
Purchases= 20,000*7 + (22,000*7)*0.29 - 8,000
Purchases= 176,660 pounds
On January 1, 2021, Splash City issues $320,000 of 8% bonds, due in 15 years, with interest payable semiannually on June 30 and December 31 each year. Required:Assuming the market interest rate on the issue date is 8%, the bonds will issue at $320,000. Record the bond issue on January 1, 2021, and the first two semiannual interest payments on June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2021. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field.)
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Answer:
Journal entries are given below
Explanation:
Entry for the bond issue on January 1, 2021, and the first two semiannual interest payments on June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2021, are prepared as follows
January 01, 2021 (Splash City issues $320,000 of 8% bonds)
Debit Credit
Cash 320,000
Bonds payable 320,000
June 30, 2021 (Interest paid)
Debit Credit
Interest expense $12,800
Cash $12,800
Working
Interest expense = $320,000 x 8% x 6/12
Interest expense = $12,800
December 31, 2021 (Interest paid)
Debit Credit
Interest expense $12,800
Cash $12,800
Working
Interest expense = $320,000 x 8% x 6/12
Interest expense = $12,800
You're about to buy a new car for $10,000. The dealer offers you a one-year loan where you pay $860.66 every month for the next 12 months. Since you pay $860.66 * 12 = $10,328 in total, the dealer claims that the loan's annual interest rate is (10,328-10,000)/10,000 = 3.28%. What is the actual effective annual rate?
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Answer:
The actual effective annual rate is 3.33%.
Explanation:
Effective Annual Rate (EAR) refers to an interest rate has been adjusted for compounding over specified period of time.
Effective annual rate can therefore be described as the interest rate that paid to an investor in a year after compounding has been adjusted for.
Effective annual rate can be computed using the following formula:
EAR = [(1 + (i / n))^n] - 1 .............................(1)
Where;
i = Annual interest rate claimed by the dealer = 3.28%, or 0.0328
n = Number of compounding periods or months = 12
Substituting the values into equation (1), we have:
EAR = [(1 + (0.0328 / 12))^12] - 1 = 0.0332976137123635
EAR = 0.0333, or 3.33% approximately.
Therefore, the actual effective annual rate is 3.33%.
Which of the following does not represent an outflow of cash and therefore would not be reported on the statement of cash flows as a use of cash?
a. purchase of noncurrent assets
b. purchase of treasury stock
c. discarding an asset that had been fully depreciated.
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Answer:
The answer is C.
Explanation:
Discarding an asset that had been fully depreciated is the correct answer. No exchange of cash was involved in this unlike the purchase of non current asset(which is a cash outflow under investing activities) and the purchase of treasury stock (which is a cash outflow under financing activities).
Discarding a fully depreciated asset only is a non cash transaction.
Your textbook discussed a model of a simple economy with four markets: labor, capital, energy, and food. Which of the following statements is inconsistent with a general equilibrium for this simple economy?
A. The household demand for energy equals the industry supply of energy.
B. The household demand for food equals the industry supply of food.
C. The household demand for labor equals the industry supply of labor.
D. The household supply of capital equals the industry demand for capital.
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Answer:
The correct answer is the option C: The household demand for labor equals the industry supply of labor
Explanation:
To begin with, when it comes to the microeconomics theory the market of labor is considered to be as a factor of production market and from that point of view the labor is demanded by the companies to the households who are the ones who offered the labor due to the fact that the workers are the one who put their force to disposition of the companies. And that is why that it would be inconsistent to say that the household demand for labor will equals the industry supply of labor, because it is all the way around, the household supply of labor will equals the industry demand of it.
In 2017, Randa Merchandising, Inc., sold its interest in a chain of wholesale outlets, taking the company completely out of the wholesaling business. The company still operates its retail outlets. A listing of the major sections of an income statement follows:
Item Debit Credit
1. Net sales $3,040,000
2. Gain on state's condemnation of company property, net of tax 269,000
3. Cost of goods sold $1,551,448
4. Income taxes expense 206,000
5. Depreciation expense 242,500
6. Gain on sale of wholesale business segment, net of tax 790,000
7. Loss from operating wholesale business segment, net of tax 470,000
8. Loss of assets from a meteor strike, net of tax 642,000
Prepare the income statement for the calendar year 2017.
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Answer:
Randa Merchandising, Inc
Income Statement
For the year Ended December 31, 2017
Net sales $3,040,000
Expenses
Cost of goods sold $1,551,448
Depreciation Expenses $242,500 $1,793,948
Total Operating Expenses $1,240,052
Other Unusual / infrequent gains (Losses)
Gain on state condemnation of $269,000
company property, net of tax
Loss of assets from meteror strike, ($642,000) $373,000
net of tax
Income from continuing operations before taxes $867,052
Income Tax expenses $206,000
Income from Continuing operations $661,052
Discontinuing segment
Loss from operating wholesale $470,000
business segment (net of tax)
Gain on sales of wholesale ($790,000) $320,000
business segment (net of tax)
Net Income $981,052
A $1,000 par value 10-year bond with a 10 percent coupon rate rec%ently sold for $900. The yield to maturity is:
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Answer:
Yield to Maturity = 11.58 %
Explanation:
The Yield to maturity is the discount rate that equates then price of the bonds to the present of cash inflows expected from the bond
The yield on the bond can be determined as follows using the formula below:
YTM = C + F-P/n) ÷ 1/2 (F+P)
YTM-Yield to maturity-
C- annual coupon
F- Face Value
P- Current Price
n- years to maturity
YTM-?, C- 10%× 1000 =100, Face Value - 1000, P-900, n- 10
YTM = (100 + (1000-900)/10) ÷ ( 1/2× (1000 + 900) )
YTM = 0.1158 × 100 = 11.58 %
Yield to Maturity = 11.58 %
A sofa manufacturer can produce 10 sofas for $2,500 and 12 sofas for $2,760. What is the difference between the average cost per sofa for 12 sofas and the marginal cost of the 12th sofa
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Answer:100
Explanation:
The following information can be gotten from the question:
Cost for 10 sofas = $2500
Cost for 12 sofas = $2760.
Average Cost = Total Cost/Quantity
2500 / 10 = $250 and
$2760 / 12 = $230
The average cost for 12 sofas will be $230
Marginal cost is the change in total cost divided by the change in quantity. This will be:
= ( 2760 - 2500 )/( 12 - 10 )
= 260/2
= 130
The difference between the average cost per sofa for 12 sofas and the marginal cost of the 12th sofa will be:
=230 - 130
= 100
Answer:
100
Explanation:
I took the question on the assignment and got it right
Products is a manufacturer of large flower pots for urban settings. The company has these standards:
Direct materials (resin) 9.6 pounds per pot at a cost of $4.55 per pound
Direct labor 1 .0 hour at a cost of $15.80 per hour
Standard variable manufacturing overhead rate $3.40 per direct labor hour
Predetermined fixed manufacturing overhead rate $6.00 per direct labor hour
Required:
a. Compute the standard cost of each of the following inputs per pot: direct materials, direct labor, variable manufacturing overhead, and fixed manufacturing overhead.
b. Determine the standard cost of one flower pot.
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Answer:
Results are below.
Explanation:
First, we need to determine the standard production costs:
Direct materials= 9.6*4.55= $43.68
Direct labor= 1*15.80= $15.8
Variable manufacturing overhead rate= 3.40*1= $3.4
Predetermined fixed manufacturing overhead rate= 6*1= $6
Finally, the standard cost per unit:
Total unitary cost= 43.68 + 15.8 + 3.4 + 6= $68.88
seigel co. maintains a defined-benefit pension plan for its employees. at each balance sheet date, seigel should report a pension asset / liability equal to the
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Answer: funded status relative to the projected benefit obligation
Explanation:
A defined benefit pension plan is a pension plan type in which the employer promises to pay the worker a lump sum or a pension payment which is based on the earnings history, age and the tenure of service of the worker.
Since Seigel co. maintains a defined-benefit pension plan for its employees. at each balance sheet date, seigel should report a pension asset/liability that will be equal to the funded status relative to the projected benefit obligation.
True or False: A tax cut is less likely to change the composition of labor demand than a government spending increase.
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Answer:
True
Explanation:
This is the case because tax cuts and government spending are instruments that could be used in expansionary fiscal policy.
Note that reduced taxes usually have a direct impact on the disposable income of a economy not the composition of labor demand. Tax cuts leads directly to consumption and savings increase, resulting from increase in disposable income in the economy.
Suppose you are building a scatter plot in Excel for a large amount of data. After selecting the scatter plot option, how do you enter the data into your scatter plot?
a. By manually typing each data point into the scatter plot
b. By using the Quick Styles button under the Chart menu
c. By using the Select Data button and the Select Data Source option
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Answer:
c. By using the Select Data button and the Select Data Source option
Explanation:
A scatter plot is a plot which is used to plot the points of the data on the horizontal and the vertical axis also it depicts how one variable is affected by the another.
After preparing the scatter plot to enter the data in the scatter plot we need to use the data button and then data source option so that the data could be entered in the scatter plot
hence, option c is correct
George Bailey purchased equipment from M. Potter for $450,000, paying $35,000 cash as a down payment and financing the remainder. The correct journal entry to record this event is:
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Answer:
Equipment $450,000 (debit)
Cash $35,000 (credit)
Suppliers Loan $415,000 (credit)
Explanation:
George Bailey must recognize the Asset of Equipment, de-recognize the Assets of Cash and recognize the Suppliers Loan as above.
The twentieth century saw an accelerating shift from traditional manufacturing activities to production procedures requiring large investments in raw materials and labor.
a. True
b. False
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Answer:
true
Explanation:
Computing absorption costing gross profit
Refer to your answers to Short Exercise S21-6. Product X sells for $175 per unit. Assume no beginning inventories. Calculate the gross profit using absorption costing when Adamson:
a. Produces and sells 2,000 units.
b. Produces 2,500 units and sells 2,000 units
c. Produces 5,000 units and sells 2,000 units.
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Answer:
a lot of information is missing, so I looked for a similar question that can help you understand this one:
Variable costs (including direct labor, direct materials and variable overhead) = $80 per units
Fixed overhead = $150,000
a) If Adamson produces 2,000 units, the total cost per unit = $80 + ($150,000 / 2,000) = $80 + $75 = $155
gross profit = total sales revenue - total cogs = (2,000 x $175) - (2,000 x $155) = $350,000 - $310,000 = $40,000
b) If Adamson produces 2,500 units, the total cost per unit = $80 + ($150,000 / 2,500) = $80 + $60 = $140
gross profit = total sales revenue - total cogs = (2,000 x $175) - (2,000 x $140) = $350,000 - $280,000 = $70,000
c) If Adamson produces 5,000 units, the total cost per unit = $80 + ($150,000 / 5,000) = $80 + $30 = $110
gross profit = total sales revenue - total cogs = (2,000 x $175) - (2,000 x $110) = $350,000 - $220,000 = $130,000
If a firm's projects differ in risk, then one way of handling this problem is to evaluate each project with the appropriate risk-adjusted discount rate.
A. True
B. False
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Answer:
True
Explanation:
the discount rate used for a project should reflect the risk of the project so as to make accurate predictions. if the discount rate used for a project is the same as that of the firm and the risks of the project differs, the predictions made with this project would be inaccurate. the risk adjusted discount rate has to be calculated.
Desktop Computer Company would like to calculate their cash conversion cycle. What factors are included in computing this metric?
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Answer:
The answer is:
1. Days inventory outstanding i.e the number of days it takes to sell its inventories
2. Days sales outstanding i.e the number of days it takes to collect it receivables
3. Days payables outstanding i.e the number of days it takes to pay its payables.
Explanation:
Cash conversion cycle is the time(number of days) it takes a business to convert its money tied in inventory to cash through sales from customers.
In computing cash conversion cycle, the following are included:
1. Days inventory outstanding i.e the number of days it takes to sell its inventories
2. Days sales outstanding i.e the number of days it takes to collect it receivables
3. Days payables outstanding i.e the number of days it takes to pay its payables.
The formula for cash conversion cycle is Days inventory outstanding + Days sales outstanding - Days payables outstanding
Pisa, Inc. leased equipment from Williamsburg Company under a four-year lease requiring equal annual payments of $68,830, with the first payment due at lease inception. The lease does not transfer ownership, nor is there a bargain purchase option. The equipment has a 4-year useful life and no salvage value. Pisa, Inc.'s incremental borrowing rate is 10% and the rate implicit in the lease (which is known by Pisa, Inc.) is 8%. Assuming that this lease is properly classified as a capital lease, what is the approximate amount of principal reduction recorded when the second lease payment is made in Year 2?
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Answer:
$54,639
Explanation:
the approximate amount of principal reduction when the second lease payment is made in Year 2 can be calculated by making the Lease amortization table as follows
DATA
Annual payments = 68,830
Implicit rate = 8%
Annuty factor for 4 years at 8% = 3.55710
Present value of lease payment =$246,212 (68830*3.57710 )
Year 1 Year 2
Opening balance - $177,382(w)
interest - $14,191(w)
payments $68,830 $68,830
principal payments $68,830 $54,639
closing balance $177,382(w) $122,743
Working
Closing balance = Present value of lease payment - Annual payment
Closing balance = $256,212 - $68,830
Closing balance = $177,382
Interest = closing balance x implicit rate
Interest = $177,382 x 8%
Interest = $14,190.56
ane is planning to offer a Groupon for inner tube rentals that she will distribute on hot, sunny, summer days by the river that runs through her town. Based on her past experience with Groupon, she has assigned the following probability distribution to the number of tubes she will rent on a randomly selected day. If Jane would like her expected revenue to be at least $300 per day, what should the Groupon price be? (Round your answer up to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
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Probability assigned:|
x 30 60 120 180
P(x) .10 .40 .40 .10
Answer:
Jane
Price of Groupon for a revenue of $300 is:
$3
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Expected Sales volume:
Number of Tubes x 30 60 120 180
Probability P(x) .10 .40 .40 .10
Expected values 3 24 48 18
Total = 93 tubes
Groupon price = $300/93 = $3.23
b) Jane's price for each Groupon will be the rent revenue per day divided by the expected number of tubes to rent daily. The expected number of tubes is derived by multiplying each expected number of tubes by its probability and then summing up the results.
You want a seat on the board of directors of Red Cow, Inc. The company has 295,000 shares of stock outstanding and the stock sells for $64 per share. There are currently 3 seats up for election. The company uses straight voting. How much will it cost you to guarantee that you will be elected to the board?
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Answer: $147,501
Explanation:
Since the company uses straight voting whereby each share gets only one vote per seat, the cost to guarantee that one will be elected to the board is;
Cost = Share price*( (shares outstanding/2) +1 )
= 64 * (( 295,000/2) + 1)
= 64 * 147,501
= $147,501
This is the cost of owning more than 50% of the shares and it will guarantee that you can vote yourself in for a seat as you will have the majority to do so.
if the growth rate of the money supply is 8%, velocity is constant, and reald GDP grows at 2% per year on average, then the inflation rate will be
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Answer:
4%
Explanation:
The quantity theory of money states that :
Money supply x Velocity = price x real GDP
8% = 2% x price
Price = 4%
A company retired $80 million of its 10% bonds at 104 ($83.2 million) before their scheduled maturity. At the time, the bonds had a remaining discount of $2 million. Prepare the journal entry to record the redemption of the bonds. (Enter your answers in millions rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., 5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5). If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)
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Answer:
Dr Bonds payable 80.0
Dr Loss on early extinguishment 5.2
Cr Discount on bonds payable 2.0
Cr Cash 83.2
Explanation:
Preparation of the journal entry to record the redemptionnof the bonds
Based on the information given we were told that the company retired the amount of $80 million with a 10% bonds at 104 ($83.2 million) and as well had a remaining discount of $2 million, which means that the transaction will be recorded as:
Dr Bonds payable 80.0
Dr Loss on early extinguishment 5.2
[(83.2+2.0)-80.0]
Cr Discount on bonds payable 2.0
Cr Cash 83.2
Given the following information, determine the beta coefficient for Stock G that is consistent with equilibrium: expected return for Stock G = 9.5%; risk-free rate of return = 3.5%; required return for the market = 9%.
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Answer: 1.09
Explanation:
The variables given are consistent with the use of the Capital Asset Pricing Model to find out the value of the expected return for the stock. The formula is;
Expected Return = Risk free rate + beta ( Market return - risk-free rate)
9.5% = 3.5% + beta ( 9% - 3.5%)
6% = beta * 5.5%
beta = 6%/5.5%
beta = 1.09
Question 59 of 83 Project M requires an initial investment of $25 million. The project is expected to generate $2.25 million in after-tax cash flow each year forever. Calculate the IRR for the project. 10% 9% 8% 7%
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Answer:
9%
Explanation:
In order to calculate the internal rate of return (IRR) for a project that yields cash flows perpetually, we need to divide the yearly cash flow by the project's initial outlay:
IRR = $2,250,000 / $25,000,000 = 0.09 = 9%
The IRR represents the discount rate at which the project's net present value (NPV) equals 0.
Stuart McFarland is sales manager for a hotel. His job entails leading, motivating, and communicating with employees. McFarland’s main management activity is:
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Answer:
E. Leadership
Explanation:
Leadership refers to the concept in which the manager or a team leader motivates, leading, communicated with the employees to accomplish common goals and objectives so that the employees could perform better next time at less wastage
Therefore the given scenario represents the leadership management activity
Carter Company reported the following financial numbers for one of its divisions for the year; average total assets of $4,100,000; sales of $4,525,000; cost of goods sold of $2,550,000; and operating expenses of $1,372,000. Compute the division's return on investment:
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Answer:
14.7%
Explanation:
The computation of return on investment is shown below:
Return on Investment = Net Income ÷ Average total assets × 100
where,
Net Income is
= Sales - Cost of goods sold - Operating expense
= $4,525,000 - $2,550,000 - $1,372,000
= $603,000
And,
Average total assets = $4,100,000
So,
Return on Investment is
= $603,000 ÷ $4,100,000 × 100
= 14.7%
Provident Bank offers a 10-year CD that earns 2.15% compounded continuously. If $10,000 is invested in this CD, how much will it be worth in 10 years
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Answer:
the CD will be worth $12,370.40 in 10 years time.
Explanation:
The Future Value is the term given to the amount that a dollar invested today would be worth in the future.
The Future Value of the CD can be determined as follows :
PV = - $10,000
n = 10
i = 2.15 %
Pmt = $ 0
P/yr = 1
FV = ?
Using a financial calculator,the future value (FV) of the CD in 10 years time will be : $12,370.40
Moorcroft’s assistant controller suggested that Moorcroft hire a part time collector to encourage customers to pay more promptly and to reduce the amount of uncollectible accounts. Sales are still 40% cash and 60% credit but the assistant controller predicted that this would cause credit sales to be collected 30% in the month of the sale, 50% in the month following sale, and 18% in the second month following sale; 2% are uncollectible.Prepare a schedule of expected collections from customers for June. How did these changes impact cash collections?
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Answer:
The budgeted sales are missing, so I looked for them. I found the following question, hopefully it will be similar:
Month Sales
April $300,000
May $320,000
June $370,000
Schedule of expected collections
For the month of June, 202x
Cash sales during June = $370,000 x 40% = $148,000
Collection from June's credit sales = $222,000 x 30% = $66,600
Collection from May's credit sales = $192,000 x 50% = $96,000
Collection from April's credit sales = $180,000 x 18% = $32,400
Total cash collections during June = $343,000
Since the cost of the part time collector is $1,000 per month, and the total uncollectible accounts reduce from 4% to 2%, which represents $7,400 for June's sales, I would recommend hiring the collector.
