1. Rosa Green estimates the cost of future projects for a large contracting firm. Rosa uses precisely the same techniques to estimate the costs of every potential job and formulates bids by adding a standard profit markup. For some companies, to which the firm offers its services, there are no competitors also seeking their business, so Rosa's company is almost certain to get these companies as clients. For these jobs, Rosa finds that her cost estimates are right, on average. For jobs where competitors are also vying for the business, Rosa finds that they almost always end up costing more than she estimates.

a. True
b. False

2. Rosa is less likely to win the jobs where she underestimates the costs, causing her to experience the winner's curse.

a. False
b. True

Answer:

1) a. True

Rosa is almost always right when she knows that her company is a monopoly, i.e. has no competition, but is generally wrong when her company has to compete with other contractors. It is simple, a monopolist can decide which markup percentage to use, and can use a really high one, but when competition exists, markups are not so high and profits not so abundant. That is why she almost always gets it wrong when having to deal with other competitors.

2) a. False

The winner's curse usually happens when someone wins a bid over some contract or asset, but then they realize that the actual price of the contract or asset was lower than the bid. E.g. in an auction, two people are fighting over to see who buys an antique car which increases the price of the car way beyond the real market value. But it can also happen to a company that offers very low prices, and then after they won a contract, cannot perform properly because their actual costs are higher.

When a company makes an offer, they are certain about the price of the contract and they should know the value of the services or goods that they are offering. If Rosa underestimates her costs, and prepares her offer using unrealistically low costs, then she will probably win the bid but end up losing money.

Appendix 1: Gross and net methods for sales discounts
The following were selected from among the transactions completed by Strong Retail Group during August of the current year:
Aug. 5. Sold merchandise on account to M. Quinn, $7,500, terms 2/10, n/30. The
cost of the merchandise sold was $4,200.
9. Sold merchandise on account to R. Busch., $4,000, terms 1/10, n/30. The
cost of the merchandise sold was $2,100.
15. Received payment on account for the sale of August 5 less the discount.
20. Sold merchandise on account to S. Mooney, $6,000, terms n/eom. The
cost of the merchandise sold was $3,300.
25. Received payment on account for the sale of August 9. 31.Received
payment on account for the sale of August 20.
A. Journalize the August transactions using the gross method of recording sales discounts.
Aug. 5 Accounts Receivable-M. Quinn 7,500
Sales 7,500
Cost of Goods Sold 4,200
Inventory 4,200
Accounts Receivable-R. Busch 4,000
Sales 4,000
Cost of Goods Sold 2,100
B. Journalize the August transactions using the net method of recording sales discounts.

How is government in the United States today different from government in ancient Athens? O The United States is a direct democracy. The United States allows citizens to vote. The United States is a republic. O The United States has a unicameral legislature.​

Daily demand for a certain product is normally distributed with a mean of 138 and a standard deviation of 13. The supplier is reliable and maintains a constant lead time of 7 days. The cost of placing an order is $17 and the cost of holding inventory is $0.40 per unit per year. There are no stock-out costs, and unfilled orders are filled as soon as the order arrives. Assume sales occur over 358 days of the year.
Your goal here is to find the order quantity and reorder point to satisfy a 73 percent probability of not stocking out during the lead time.
a. To manage inventory, the company is using
Continuous review system
Periodic review system
b. Find the order quantity. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
Order quantity books
c. Find the reorder point. (Use Excel's NORMSINV() function to find the correct critical value for the given α-level. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "z" value to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole number.)
Reorder point

Every 6 months, Leo Perez takes an inventory of the consumer debts he has outstanding. His latest tally shows that he still owes $4,250 on a home improvement loan (monthly payments of $100); he is making $50 monthly payments on a personal loan with a remaining balance of $825; he has a $1,500, secured single- payment loan that's due late next year; he has a $70,000 home mortgage on which he's making $850 monthly payments; he still owes $12,500 on a new car loan (monthly payments of $550); and he has a $1,200 balance on his Mastercard (minimum payment of $50), a $50 balance on his Shell credit card (balance due in 30 days), and a $500 balance on a personal line of credit ($90 monthly payments).
a. Use Worksheet to prepare an inventory of Leo's consumer debt.
Type of Consumer Debt Creditor Currently Monthly Latest Balance Due
Payment
Auto loans
Personal installment loans
Home improvement loan
Single-payment loans
Credit cards Mastercard
(retail charge cards, bank
cards, T&E Shell cards, etc.)
Personal line of credit $ $
Totals $
b. Find his debt safety ratio, given that his take-home pay is $2,000 per month. Round the answer to 1 decimal place. %
c. Would you consider this ratio to be good or bad?

Kirkwood acquires 100 percent of the outstanding voting shares of Soufflot Company on January 1, 2018. To obtain these shares, Kirkwood pays $400 cash (in thousands) and issues 10,000 shares of $20 par value common stock on this date. Kirkwood's stock had a fair value of $36 per share on that date. Kirkwood also pays $15 (in thousands) to a local investment firm for arranging the acquisition. An additional $10 (in thousands) was paid by Kirkwood in stock issuance costs.

The book values for both Kirkwood and Souflout as of January 1, 2018 follow. The fair value of each of Kirkwood and Soufflot accounts is also included. In addition, Soufflot holds a fully amortized trademark that still retains a $40 (in thousands) value. The figures below are in thousands. Any related question also is in thousands.


Kirkwood Inc Book Value Fair Value
Cash 900 80 80
Receivables 480 180 160
Inventory 660 260 300
Land 300 120 130
Buildings (net) 1,200 220 280
Equipment 360 100 75
Accounts payable 480 60 60
Long-term liabilities 1,140 340 300
Common stock 1,000 80
Additional paid-in capital 200 0
Retained earnings 1,080 480


Required:
What amount will be reported for consolidated cash after the acquisition is completed?

Alpha Inc. has receivables from unrelated parties with a face value of $5,000. It transfers these receivables to bank for $4,500, without recourse. It will continue to collect the receivables, depositing them in a non-interest-bearing bank account with the cash flows remitted to the bank at the end of each month. It is not allowed to sell or pledge the receivables to anyone else and is under no obligation to repurchase the receivables from bank. Which of the following is the appropriate treatment for these Accounts receivables?
A) It should show these receivables in its Balance Sheet.
B) It should amortize these receivables.
C) It should derecognize these receivables.
D) It should derecognize these receivables if it retains the interest earned on these.

Eye Deal Optometry leased vision-testing equipment from Insight Machines on January 1, 2021. Insight Machines manufactured the equipment at a cost of $350,000 and lists a cash selling price of $437,810. Appropriate adjusting entries are made quarterly.

Related Information:

Lease term 5 years (20 quarterly periods)
Quarterly lease payments $26,250 at Jan. 1, 2021, and at Mar. 31, June 30, Sept. 30, and Dec. 31 thereafter
Economic life of asset 5 years
Interest rate charged by the lessor 8%

Required:
a. Prepare appropriate entries for Eye Deal to record the arrangement at its beginning, January 1, 2021, and on March 31, 2021.
b. Prepare appropriate entries for Insight Machines to record the arrangement at its beginning, January 1, 2021, and on March 31, 2021.

Which of the following best defines a financial intermediary? a claim by a buyer to a future payment by a seller a collection of stocks and bonds issued to investors a financial institution that transforms investor funds into financial assets an asset sold by a company which entitles the buyer to partial ownership

________ is used to make purchases while ________ is the total collection of pieces of property that serve to store value.

Razor Inc. manufactures industrial components. One of its products used as a subcomponent in auto manufacturing is Fluoro2211. The selling price and cost per unit data for 9,130 units of Fluoro2211 are as follows.

Per Unit Data
Selling Price $410
Direct Materials 150
Direct Labor 28
Variable Manufacturing Overhead 25
Fixed Manufacturing Overhead 43
Variable Selling 16
Fixed Selling and Administrative 23
Total Costs 285
Operating Margin $125

During the next year, sales of Fluoro2211 are expected to be 10,130 units. All costs will remain the same except for fixed manufacturing overhead, which will increase by 20%, and direct materials, which will increase by 10%. The selling price per unit for next year will be $420. Based on these data, Razor Inc.'s total contribution margin for next year will be: __________

SY Manufacturers (SYM) is producing T-shirts in three colors: red, blue, and white. The monthly demand for each color is 3,487 units. Each shirt requires 0.75 pound of raw cotton that is imported from the Luft-Geshfet-Textile (LGT) Company in Brazil. The purchasing price per pound is $1.55 (paid only when the cotton arrives at SYM's facilities) and transportation cost by sea is $0.70 per pound. The traveling time from LGT’s facility in Brazil to the SYM facility in the United States is two weeks. The cost of placing a cotton order, by SYM, is $186 and the annual interest rate that SYM is facing is 32 percent of total cost per pound.
a. What is the optimal order quantity of cotton? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
Optimal order quantity pounds
b. How frequently should the company order cotton? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Company orders once every months
c. Assuming that the first order is needed on 1-Jul, when should SYM place the order?
17-Jun
1-Jul
15-Jul
d. How many orders will SYM place during the next year? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Number of orders times
e. What is the resulting annual holding cost? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
Annual holding cost $ per year
f. What is the resulting annual ordering cost?
Annual ordering cost $
g. If the annual interest cost is only 5 percent, how will it affect the annual number of orders, the optimal batch size, and the average inventory?

Broussard is already at full capacity, so its assets must grow at the same rate as projected sales. At the end of 2019, current liabilities were $1.4 million, consisting of $450,000 of accounts payable, $500,000 of notes payable, and $450,000 of accruals. The after-tax profit margin is forecasted to be 4%, and the forecasted payout ratio is 45%. Use the AFN equation to forecast Broussard's additional funds needed for the coming year. Enter your answer in dollars. For example, an answer of $1.2 million should be entered as $1,200,000.
Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

I WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST

Lean and Six Sigma models contradict one another,
True
False

Eduardo has been reading about the use of drone technology in recent military conflicts and is not quite sure what to think. On the one hand, the use of drones means that military missions can be executed without putting American lives at risk. On the other hand, this very fact means that our political leaders might be quicker to resort to military solutions when other solutions might be available. Eduardo is also concerned about other effects of fully mechanized battle operations. For instance, unlike a human soldier, a drone can neither hear nor sympathize with a mother pleading for the life of her innocent child. Eduardo has decided to research the topic of military drones in more detail and write an essay in which he decides whether the use of drone technology is a positive or negative development in the history of American military action. Which type of argument will Eduardo be making?

a. Argument of fact
b. Argument of definition
c. Argument of evaluation
d. Policy argument

The Pritzker Music Pavilion in downtown Chicago is a technologically sophisticated and uniquely designed performing arts venue that hosts live concerts attended by over half a million patrons a year. A group of local organizers, led by a prominent local businesswoman, would like to use the pavilion for a concert to benefit a non-profit, national network of investors and environmental organizations working with companies and investors to address sustainability challenges such as global climate change. If the pavilion management agrees to host the concert, the organizers will donate all profits to Ceres (or absorb any losses).

Based on the following revenue and cost information, the organizers would like answers to several questions.

1. There are three sources of revenue for the concert:
2. Tickets will be sold for $15.50 each.
3. A large multinational corporation headquartered in Chicago will donate $2.00 per ticket sold.
4. Each concert attendee is expected to spend an average of $17.00 for parking, food, and merchandise.
5. On the expense side, there are also three components:

A popular national group has agreed to perform at the concert. Normally, the group demands a significant fixed fee to perform, but to reduce the risk for the organizers, the group has agreed to perform for $6.00 per ticket sold. The organizers will pay several companies to operate the parking, food, and merchandise concessions. They will pay $21,000 plus 15% of all parking, food, and merchandise revenue. The organizers will pay the pavilion $85,000 plus $7.00 per person attending to cover its operating expenses (production, maintenance, advertising, etc.)

Required:
a. What is the estimated contribution margin per ticket sold for the benefit concert?
b. What are the estimated total fixed costs for the benefit concert?
c. What is the estimated profit from the benefit concert if 10,500 tickets are sold?
d. How many tickets must be sold in order for concert profit to be $100,000?
e. Assuming a tax rate of 31% on profits from the concert, what must dollar ticket sales be in order for after-tax concert profits to be $100,000?
f. Assume that the organizers can negotiate the fixed payment for the pavilion's operating expenses. If the organizers expect to sell 10,500 tickets, how much can they afford to pay and still earn a profit of $100,000 (ignore taxes)?

Suppose the following data were taken from the 2017 and 2016 financial statements of American Eagle Outfitters. (All numbers, including share data, are in thousands.)
2017 2016
Current assets $ 890,400 $999,600
Total assets 1,950,000 1,878,000
Current liabilities 424,000 357,000
Total liabilities 573,300 552,132
Net income 166,830 337,600
Net cash provided by operating activities 300,000 452,600
Capital expenditures 271,000 246,500
Dividends paid on common stock 85,000 76,500
Weighted-average shares outstanding 201,000 211,000
a. Calculate the current ratio for each year. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)
2017 2016
Current ratio
b. Calculate earnings per share for each year. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)
2017 2016
Earnings per share $
c. Calculate the debt to assets ratio for each year. (Round answers to 1 decimal place, e.g. 29.5%)
2017 2016
Debt to assets ratio
d. Calculate the free cash flow for each year. (Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g.-45 or parentheses e.g. (45).)
2017 2016
Free cash flow

Assume the bonds below have the same term and principal and that the state or local government that issues the municipal bond has a good credit rating. Which list has bonds correctly ordered from the one that pays the highest interest rate to the one that pays the lowest interest rate

Joni Splish Brothers Inc. has the following amounts reported in its general ledger at the end of the current year.

Organization costs $23,800
Trademarks 15,700
Discount on bonds payable 36,800
Deposits with advertising agency for ads to promote goodwill of company 11,800
Excess of cost over fair value of net identifiable assets of acquired subsidiary 76,800
Cost of equipment acquired for research and development projects; the equipment has an alternative future use 86,800
Costs of developing a secret formula for a product that is expected to be marketed for at least 20 years 82,600

Required:
On the basis of this information, compute the total amount to be reported by Hyde for intangible assets on its balance sheet at year-end.

A company issues $50 million of bonds at par on January 1, 2018. The bonds pay 10% interest semi-annually on 12/31 and 6/30 and mature in 20 years. The journal entry when the bonds are sold is:

Tom Scott is the owner, president, and primary salesperson for Scott Manufacturing. Because of this, the company's profits are driven by the amount of work Tom does. If he works 40 hours each week, the company's EBIT will be $615,000 per year; if he works a 50 hour week, the company's EBIT will be $755,000 per year. The company is currently worth $3.85 million. The company needs a cash infusion of $1.95 million, and it can issue equity or issue debt with an interest rate of 7 percent. Assume there are no corporate taxes.
What are the cash flows to Tom under each scenario?

The adjusted trial balance of Windsor, Inc. shows these data pertaining to sales at the end of its fiscal year, October 31, 2022: Sales Revenue $908,100; Freight-Out $13,400; Sales Returns and Allowances $19,800; and Sales Discounts $14,500.

Required:
Prepare the sales section of the income statement.

Darby Company, operating at full capacity, sold 500,000 units at a price of $94 per unit during the current year. Its income statement is as follows:
Sales $47,000,000
Cost of goods sold 25,000,000
Gross profit $22,000,000
Expenses:
Selling expenses $4,000,000
Administrative expenses 3,000,000
Total expenses 7,000,000
Income from operations $15,000,000
The division of costs between variable and fixed is as follows:
Variable Fixed
Cost of goods sold 70% 30%
Selling expenses 75% 25%
Administrative expenses50% 50%
Management is considering a plant expansion program for the following year that will permit an increase of $3,760,000 in yearly sales. The expansion will increase fixed costs by $1,800,000 but will not affect the relationship between sales and variable costs.
Required:
1. Determine the total variable costs and the total fixed costs for the current year.
Total variable costs $_____
Total fixed costs $_____
2. Determine (a) the unit variable cost and (b) the unit contribution margin for the current year.
Unit variable cost $_____
Unit contribution margin $_____
3. Compute the break-even sales (units) for the current year.
4. Compute the break-even sales (units) under the proposed program for the following year.
5. Determine the amount of sales (units) that would be necessary under the proposed program to realize the $15,000,000 of income from operations that were earned in the current year.
6. Determine the maximum income from operations possible with the expanded plant.
7. If the proposal is accepted and sales remain at the current level, what will the income or loss from operations be for the following year?
8. Based on the data given, would you recommend accepting the proposal?
a. In favor of the proposal because of the reduction in break-even point.
b. In favor of the proposal because of the possibility of increasing income from operations.
c. In favor of the proposal because of the increase in break-even point.
d. Reject the proposal because if future sales remain at the current level, the income from operations will increase.
e. Reject the proposal because the sales necessary to maintain the current income from operations would be below the current year sales.

All the following are characteristics of a tradable market except a. Easy Access b. Parity c. Liquidity d. Fungibility e. Lack of a Trend

The rule of 70 indicates that a 6% annual increase in the level of real GDP would lead to the output doubling in approximately _____ years.

Match the qualitative characteristics below with the following statements.1. Timeliness2. Completeness3. Free from error4. Understandability5. Faithful representation6. Relevance7. Neutrality8. Confirmatory valuea. Quality of information that assures users that information represents the economic phenomena that it purports to represent.b. Information about an economic phenomenon that corrects past or present expectations based on previous evaluations.c. The extent to which information is accurate in representing the economic substance of a transaction.d. Includes all the information that is necessary for a faithful representation of the economic phenomena that it purports to represent.e. Quality of information that allows users to comprehend its meaning.

Luke offered to sell his farm to Kent at $75,000, an offer which Kent declined. A week later, Luke offered to sell the farm for $65,000, stating that it was the final offer, it was valid for one month, and that he would not alter it. Two days later, Kent replied by saying that he was willing to pay $60,000 for the farm. A week after Luke received Kent's offer, Luke declined it. Ten days after that, Kent agreed to buy the farm for $65,000, but Luke refused to sell the farm. Kent decided to sue Luke for a breach of contract. The judge ruled in favor of Luke. Which one of the following is the reason for the ruling in Luke's favor?

a. Luke's original offer of $75,000 is still valid, even though rejected.
b. Kent acted in an incompetent manner with regards to the offer.
c. Kent's acceptance was past the set time period in the offer.
d. Kent's counteroffer of $60,000 had rendered the offer for $65,000 invalid.

Nell and Kirby are in the process of negotiating their divorce agreement. What should be the tax consequences to Nell and Kirby if the following, considered individually, became part of the agreement?
a. In consideration for her one-half interest in their personal residence, Kirby will transfer to Nell stock with a value of $200,000 and $50,000 of cash. Kirby's cost of the stock was $150,000, and the value of the personal residence is $500,000. They purchased the residence three years ago for $300,000.
Nell's basis for the stock is _______$ X
Kirby's basis in the house is ______$ X
b. Nell will receive $1,000 per month for 120 months. If she dies before receiving all 120 payments, the remaining payments will be made to her estate.
The payments (qualify, do not qualify) as alimony and are (included in, excluded from) Nell's gross income as they are received.
c. Nell is to have custody of their 12-year-old son, Bobby. She is to receive $1,200 per month until Bobby (1) dies or (2) attains age 21 (whichever occurs first). After either of these events occurs, Nell will receive only $300 per month for the remainder of her life.
$ X per month is alimony that is (included in, excluded from) Nell's gross income, and the remaining $ X per month is considered​(child support, property settlement) and is (nontaxable, taxable) to Nell.

Which are possible employers in the Financial career cluster? Check ALL that apply.

A. private company
B. government
C. nonprofit organization
D. bank
E. stock market

Sunset Products manufactures skateboards. The following transactions occurred in March. Purchased $24,500 of materials on account. Issued $1,450 of supplies from the materials inventory. Purchased $25,900 of materials on account. Paid for the materials purchased in transaction (1) using cash. Issued $30,900 in direct materials to the production department. Incurred direct labor costs of $29,500, which were credited to Wages Payable. Paid $22,400 cash for utilities, power, equipment maintenance, and other miscellaneous items for the manufacturing shop. Applied overhead on the basis of 120 percent of direct labor costs. Recognized depreciation on manufacturing property, plant, and equipment of $5,900.
The following balances appeared in the accounts of Sunset Products for March:
Beginning Ending
Materials Inventory $ 13,500 ?
Work-in-Process Inventory 24,750 ?
Finished Goods Inventory 97,500 $ 54,750
Cost of Goods Sold 120,000
Required:
a. Prepare journal entries to record the transactions. (If o entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)
Transactions General Journal Debit Credit
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
b. Prepare T-accounts to show the flow of costs during the period from Materials Inventory through Cost of Goods Sold.
Materials Inventory
Beg. bal. ___________ ____________
______ ___________ ____________ ______
______ ___________ ____________ ______
______ ___________ ____________ ______
End. bal. ___________ ____________ ______
Work in Progress Inventory
Beg. bal. ___________ ____________
______ ___________ ____________ ______
______ ___________ ____________ ______
______ ___________ ____________ ______
______ ___________ ____________ ______
End. bal. ___________ ____________ ______
Manufacturing Overhead Control
Beg. bal. ___________ ____________
______ ___________ ____________ ______
______ ___________ ____________ ______
______ ___________ ____________ ______
______ ___________ ____________ ______
End. bal. ___________ ____________ ______
Applied Manufacturing Overhead
Beg. bal. ___________ ____________
______ ___________ ____________ ______
______ ___________ ____________ ______
End. bal. ___________ ____________ ______
Accounts Payable
Beg. bal. ___________ ____________
______ ___________ ____________ ______
______ ___________ ____________ ______
______ ___________ ____________ ______
End. bal. ___________ ____________ ______
Cash
Beg. bal. ___________ ____________
______ ___________ ____________ ______
______ ___________ ____________ ______
______ ___________ ____________ ______
End. bal. ___________ ____________ ______
Wages Payable
Beg. bal. ___________ ____________
______ ___________ ____________ ______
______ ___________ ____________ ______
End. bal. ___________ ____________ ______
Accumulated Depreciation-Property, Plant, and Equipment
Beg. bal. ___________ ____________
______ ___________ ____________ ______
______ ___________ ____________ ______
End. bal. ___________ ____________ ______
Finished Goods Inventory
Beg. bal. ___________ ____________
Goods Completed ___________ ____________ Transfer to Cost of Goods Sold
End. bal. ___________ ____________
Cost of Goods Sold
Beg. bal. ___________ ____________
Finished Goods Inventory ___________ ____________
End. bal. ___________ ____________

On December 31, 2021, the end of the fiscal year, California Microtech Corporation completed the sale of its semiconductor business for $15 million. The semiconductor business segment qualifies as a component of the entity according to GAAP. The book value of the assets of the segment was $13 million. The loss from operations of the segment during 2021 was $4.8 million. Pretax income from continuing operations for the year totaled $7.8 million. The income tax rate is 25%.
Prepare the lower portion of the 2021 income statement beginning with income from continuing operations before income taxes. Ignore EPS disclosures. (Amounts to be deducted and negative amounts should be indicated with a minus sign. Enter your answers in whole dollars and not in millions.)