Autoliv produces air bag systems that it sells to automobile manufacturers throughout the world. Assume the company has a capacity of 50 million units per year, it is currently producing at an annual rate of 40 million units. Autoliv has received an order from a Japanese manufacturer to purchase 100,000 units at $65 each. Budgeted costs for 40 million and 45 million units are as follows:
(in thousands, except costs per unit) 40 Million Units 45 Million Units
Manufacturing costs
Direct materials $ 560,000 $ 630,000
Direct labor 220,000 247,500
Factory overhead 1,780,000 1,822,500
Total 2,560,000 2,700,000
Selling and administrative 1,120,000 1,125,000
Total $ 3,680,000 $ 3,825,000
Costs per unit
Manufacturing $ 64.00 $ 60.00
Selling and administrative 28.00 25.00
Total $ 92.00 $ 85.00
Sales to auto manufacturers are priced at $120 per unit, but the sales manager believes the company should aggressively seek the Japanese business even if it results in a loss of $20 per unit. She believes obtaining this order would open up several new markets for the company's product. The general manager commented that the company cannot tighten its belt to absorb the $2,000,000 loss ($20 × 100,000) it would incur if the order is accepted.
(a) Determine the financial implications of accepting the order. (Hint: Use the high-low method to determine variable costs per unit.)
Accepting the offer will Answerdecreaseincrease
profits by $________
(b) How would your analysis differ if the company were operating at capacity? Determine the advantage or disadvantage of accepting the order under full-capacity circumstances.

Answer: See explanation

Explanation:

a. The variable cost per unit will be:

= (3,825,000 - 3,680,000) / (45million - 40 million)

= 0.029

Then, the financial order of accepting the order will be:

Contribution margin = Unit selling price - Unit

= 65 - 29

= 36

Since the size of the order is 100,000, the financial impact of accepting the order will be:

= 36 × 100,000

= 3,600,000

b. The differential analysis will be:

Contribution from special order = 3,600,000

Opportunity cost {100,000 = 120,000,000 - 29,000,000 = 9,100,000

Net disadvantage of accepting order will then be:

= 3600000 - 9100000

= 5,500,000

On Thursday, Justin flies from Baltimore (where the office for his sole proprietorship is located) to Cadiz (Spain). He conducts business on Friday and Tuesday; vacations on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday (a legal holiday in Spain); and returns to Baltimore on Thursday. Justin is scheduled to return home on Wednesday, but all flights were canceled due to bad weather. As a result, he spends Wednesday watching floor shows at a local casino. Days where travel is attempted/cancelled is counted as a travel day under tax law. Justin is self-employed.

Required:
a. For tax purposes, what portion of Justin's trip regarded as being for business?
b. Suppose Monday was not a legal holiday. Would this change your answer in part (a) ? Explain?
c. Under either part (a) or (b), how much of Justin's airfare qualifies as a deducible business expense?

After comparing the manufacturing costs in the United States and in offshore locations, Alpha Manufacturing has decided to move its operations offshore to increase its profits by reducing manufacturing costs. In the given scenario, Alpha Manufacturing has most likely conducted a ______, a form of utilitarianism commonly applied by firms and government.

ABC Motors ordinarily deals in used cars and does some amount of repair work. Robby entrusted his automobile to ABC Motors to have the oil changed and get new brakes. The car was parked in the lot along with other cars, some of which were for sale. The manager of ABC Motors accidentally sold the car to Connie because she saw it and took it upon herself to offer a good price. The manager was attempting to increase the shop's profit margin. Connie had no idea that the car did not belong to ABC Motors. When Robby went to pick up the car, he was very upset that it was gone. The manager told Robby that he was very sorry, but that he was not negligent and only made an honest mistake. According to the manager, Robby accepted the risk of this type of loss, and his only recourse was against Connie. Which of the following is true regarding the manager's statement that Robby's only recourse is against Connie?

a. The manager is correct.
b. The manager is correct only if Connie's deal was for less than 10% of the fair market value of the car.
c. The manager is incorrect only if Robby has a writing signed by a representative of the repair shop guaranteeing the safety of the car.
d. Because the sale to Connie was an accident, the manager is correct only if Connie can be found and served with process.
e. The manager is incorrect.

A firm with unlimited funds must evaluate five projects. Projects 1 and 2 are independent and Projects 3, 4, and 5 are mutually exclusive. The projects are listed with their returns. A ranking of the projects on the basis of their returns from the best to the worst according to their acceptability to the firm would be ________.

Firm B Firm T Shares outstanding 4,800 1,800 Price per share $ 47 $ 20 Firm B has estimated that the value of the synergistic benefits from acquiring Firm T is $9,100. Firm T can be acquired for $22 per share in cash or by exchange of stock wherein B offers one of its shares for every two of T's shares. Are the shareholders of Firm T better off with the cash offer or the stock offer? Cash offer is better Share offer is better At what exchange ratio of B shares to T shares would the shareholders in T be indifferent between the two offers? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 4 decimal places, e.g., 32.1616.)

The currency in Macroland is called econs. In Macroland, the public holds 2,000 econs in currency; commercial bank reserves are 300 econs; and the desired reserve-to-deposit ratio of the commercial banks is 10%. If the Central Bank of Macroland prints an additional 200 econs and uses this new currency to buy government bonds from the public, the money supply in Macroland will ____, assuming that the public does not wish to change the amount of currency it holds from before.

Clark's Chemical Company received refundable deposits on returnable containers in the amount of $102,000 during 2021. Thirteen percent of the containers were not returned. The deposits are based on the container cost marked up 35%. What is cost of goods sold relative to this forfeiture

Most Company has an opportunity to invest in one of two new projects. Project Y requires a $350,000 investment for new machinery with a four-year life and no salvage value. Project Z requires a $350,000 investment for new machinery with a three-year life and no salvage value. The two projects yield the following predicted annual results. The company uses straight-line depreciation, and cash flows occur evenly throughout each year.
Project Y Project Z
Sales $390,000 $312,000
Expenses
Direct materials 54,600 39,000
Direct labor 78,000 46,800
Overhead including depreciation 140,400 140,400
Selling and administrative
expenses 28,000 28,000
Total expenses 301,000 254,200
Pretax income 89,000 57,800
Income taxes (40%) 35,600 23,120
Net income $53,400 $34,680
Required:
1. Compute each project's annual expected net cash flows.
2. Determine each project's payback period.
3. Compute each project's accounting rate of return.
4. Determine each project's net present value using 9% as the discount rate. Assume that cash flows occur at each year-end.

Locke Inc has a machine that installs tires. The machine is now in need of repair. The machine originally cost $10,000 and the repair will cost $1,000, but the machine will then last two years. The labor cost of operating the machine is $0.50 per tire. Instead of repairing the old machine, Locke could buy a new machine at a cost of $5,000 that would also last 2 years; the labor cost would then be reduced to $0.25 per tire.

Required:
Should Williams repair or replace the machine if it is installing 10,000 tires in the next two years?

Bond X is a premium bond making semiannual payments. The bond has a coupon rate of 9.7 percent, a YTM of 7.7 percent, and has 14 years to maturity. Bond Y is a discount bond making semiannual payments. This bond has a coupon rate of 7.7 percent, a YTM of 9.7 percent, and also has 14 years to maturity. Assume the interest rates remain unchanged and both bonds have a par value of $1,000.
1. What are the prices of these bonds today? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
2. What do you expect the prices of these bonds to be in one year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
3. What do you expect the prices of these bonds to be in three years? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
4. What do you expect the prices of these bonds to be in eight years? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
5. What do you expect the prices of these bonds to be in 12 years? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

On December 1, a six-month liability insurance policy was purchased for $1,134. Analyze the required adjustment as of December 31 using T accounts, and then formally enter this adjustment in the general journal. (Trial balance is abbreviated as TB.)

According to Value Line, Bestway has a beta of 1.15. If 3-month Treasury bills currently yield 7.9% and the market risk premium is estimated to be 8.3%, what is Bestway's cost of equity capital?
a. 16.2%
b. 9.55%
c. 8.36%
d. 17.45%

Jack and Jill are the only two residents in a neighborhood, and they would like to hire a security guard. The value of a security guard is $50 per month to Jack and $150 per month to Jill. The competitive wage for a security guard is $120 per month, and irrespective of who pays the guard, the guard will protect the entire neighborhood. Furthermore, suppose Jack earns $1,000 per month and Jill earns $11,000 per month.

Required:
a. What is the most a guard can charge per month and still be assured of being hired by at least one of them?
b. Suppose the competitive wage for a security guard is $120 per month. The local government proposes a plan whereby Jack and Jill each pays 50 percent of this monthly fee, and asks them to vote on this plan. Will the plan be voted in? Would economic surplus be higher if the neighborhood had a guard?

Required information Exercise 10-11 Effects of Changes in Profits and Assets on Return on Investment (ROI) [LO10-1] Skip to question [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]
Fitness Fanatics is a regional chain of health clubs. The managers of the clubs, who have authority to make investments as needed, are evaluated based largely on return on investment (ROI). The company's Springfield Club reported the following results for the past year:
Sales $ 780,000
Net operating income $ 17,940
Average operating assets $ 100,000
The following questions are to be considered independently.
Assume that the manager of the club is able to reduce expenses by $3,120 without any change in sales or average operating assets.
What would be the club’s return on investment (ROI)? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Waldo Company has been approached about providing a new service to its clients. The company will bill clients $160 per hour; the related hourly variable and fixed operating costs will be $70 and $24, respectively. If all employees are currently working at full capacity on other client matters, the per-hour opportunity cost of being unable to provide this new service is:

꒻ꁲꌅ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????


























































































' ' .

NuPress Valet has a proposed investment with an initial cost of $62 million and cash flows of $12.5 million for 5 years. Debt represents 44 percent of the capital structure. The cost of equity is 13.7 percent, the pretax cost of debt is 8.5 percent, and the tax rate is 34 percent. What is the company’s WACC?

Prepare a Pareto chart of the possible causes for a student to fail a final examination in a university course.
Vehicles are identified by RFID tags in order to collect bridge tolls. The project manager is considering two different technologies for RFID readers. By sampling two different options, the following data are collected about the accuracy of the readers:
Option 1: 99, 98, 99, 94, 92, 99, 98, 99, 94, 90 Option 2: 98, 97, 97, 97, 98, 98, 97, 97, 98

Calculate the mean, mode, and standard deviation of the two options.

Bond valuation [LO14-2] Your investment department has researched possible investments in corporate debt securities. Among the available investments are the following $100 million bond issues, each dated January 1, 2021. Prices were determined by underwriters at different times during the last few weeks. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1)
Company Bond Price Stated Rate
1. BB Corp. $ 107 million 15 %
2. DD Corp. $ 100 million 14 %
3. GG Corp. $ 93 million 13 %
Each of the bond issues matures on December 31, 2040, and pays interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31. For bonds of similar risk and maturity, the market yield at January 1, 2021, is 14%.
Required: Other things being equal, which of the bond issues offers the most attractive investment opportunity if it can be purchased at the prices stated?

1. The petty cash fund of the Brooks Agency is established at $280. At the end of the current period, the fund contained $198 and had the following receipts: entertainment, $50; postage, $24; and printing, $8. Prepare journal entries to record (a) establishment of the fund and (b) reimbursement of the fund at the end of the current period.

Hirons Air uses two measures of activity, flights and passengers, in the cost formulas in its budgets and performance reports. The cost formula for plane operating costs is $57,740 per month plus $3,006 per flight plus $17 per passenger. The company expected its activity in November to be 85 flights and 257 passengers, but the actual activity was 88 flights and 259 passengers. The actual cost for plane operating costs in November was $315,650. The spending variance for plane operating costs in November would be closest to:

Ramses Corporation produces a product that passes through two processes. During April, the first department transferred 19,000 units to the second department. The cost of the units transferred was $30,000. Material are added uniformly in the second process. The following information is provided about the second department's operations during October:
Units: beginning work-in-process, 4,000
Units: ending work-in-process, 5,500
A) Calculate the number of units started in the second department during April.
B) Calculate the number of units completed in the second department during April.
C) Calculate the number of units started and completed in the second department during April.

g If the Fed were to set policy according to the Taylor rule, then if real GDP falls by 2 percent below potential GDP, the Fed should Multiple Choice raise the real federal funds rate by 1 percentage point. reduce the real federal funds rate by 1 percentage point. raise the inflation rate by 1 percentage point. change the real federal funds rate until inflation hits the target rate of 4 percent.

Roberto has received various gifts over the years and has decided to dispose of the following assets he received as gifts:
What is the recognized gain or loss from the following transactions, assuming that no gift tax was paid when the gifts were made.
If an answer is zero, select "neither a gain nor a loss" and enter "0" as the amount.
a. In 1981, he received land worth $32,000. The donor's adjusted basis was $35,000. Roberto sells the land for $95,000 in 2018.
(neither a gain or a loss/ a gain/ a loss) of $__________ is recognized.
b. In 1986, he received stock in Gold Company. The donor's adjusted basis was $19,000. The fair market value on the date of the gift was $34,000. Roberto sells the stock for $40,000 in 2018.
(neither a gain or a loss/ a gain/ a loss) of $__________ is recognized.
c. In 1992, he received land worth $15,000. The donor's adjusted basis was $20,000. Roberto sells the land for $9,000 in 2018.
(neither a gain or a loss/ a gain/ a loss) of $__________ is recognized.
d. In 2013, he received stock worth $30,000. The donor's adjusted basis was $42,000. Roberto sells the stock for $38,000 in 2018.
(neither a gain or a loss/ a gain/ a loss) of $__________ is recognized.

Off-shoring Money allows
companies and individuals to
invest money into
accounts to stall taxation.
A. temporarily
B. indefinitely
C. permanently

Many college students are more focused on getting a job after graduation than on planning for their careers. Even if you are not currently pursuing your dream job, successfully managing your career requires many career readiness competencies that employers are already looking for, including self-awareness, self-motivation, ownership/accepting responsibility, and openness to change. This activity is important because enhancing these skills will make you a more attractive job candidate in addition to increasing your ability to manage your career.
The goal of this exercise is to challenge your knowledge of tips for managing your career.
1. Angèle breaks her workday into two main chunks. She reserves the first half of the day—the morning, when she is most productive—for activities that are time-consuming, complex, and don't produce any immediate gratification. She then spends the afternoons catching up on emails and other personally satisfying, albeit mindless, work tasks.
(Click to select) Make every day count Stay informed and network Promote yourself Roll with change and disruption Small things matter during interviews
2. Darnell runs into the CEO of his company while attending a conference in another state. Darnell takes the rare one-on-one opportunity to tell the her about the success he and his team have had on a recent company project.
(Click to select) Make every day count Stay informed and network Promote yourself Roll with change and disruption Small things matter during interviews
3. Wesley loves his current job. However, he still views every new project as an opportunity to gain valuable skills that will make him more marketable to other companies.
(Click to select) Make every day count Stay informed and network Promote yourself Roll with change and disruption Small things matter during interviews
4. Esteban treats every interaction at work as a job interview. He wants his coworkers, subordinates, and supervisors to know that he is a dedicated, conscientious, and hard-working person.
(Click to select) Make every day count Stay informed and network Promote yourself Roll with change and disruption Small things matter during interviews
5. Teresa is the VP of Human Resources at her company. Next week she is attending a training to bring her up to speed on the latest in medical marijuana legislation and how it will impact organizational policies in her state.
(Click to select) Make every day count Stay informed and network Promote yourself Roll with change and disruption Small things matter during interviews
6. Luke thinks he is losing ground on the younger workers in his company because he continuously has to ask them for help with technology-related matters. Luke decides to enroll in some seminars on social media management so that he can update his skill set.
(Click to select) Make every day count Stay informed and network Promote yourself Roll with change and disruption Small things matter during interviews
7. In her LinkedIn profile, Reena lists the major projects she has led successfully with her current employer. For each project, she notes the impact that the project had on the organization's financial performance.
(Click to select) Make every day count Stay informed and network Promote yourself Roll with change and disruption Small things matter during interviews
8. Brandy is offered an interview for her dream job. She spends several days emailing back and forth with the interviewer's administrative assistant to get things set up. The assistant is impressed by his interactions with Brandy because she is prompt and respectful in her responses to him. He passes this information along to his boss.
(Click to select) Make every day count Stay informed and network Promote yourself Roll with change and disruption Small things matter during interviews
9. Monique is quitting her job and moving to another state because her partner was offered a tremendous job there. Monique is excited about the opportunity to recharge and refocus her own career.
(Click to select) Make every day count Stay informed and network Promote yourself Roll with change and disruption Small things matter during interviews
10. Khalil researches the norms for attire at each company he plans to interview with. This way he can be certain to dress according to specific organizational expectations.
(Click to select)
Make every day count
Stay informed and network
Promote yourself
Roll with change and disruption
Small things matter during interviews

Suppose that Ava withdraws $300 from her savings account at Second Bank. The reserve requirement facing Second Bank is 10%. Assume the bank does not wish to hold any excess reserves of new deposits. Use this information to complete the balance sheet below to show how Second Bank's assets and liabilities change when Ava withdraws the $300 from the bank. Instructions:
Write your answers as a whole number. If you are entering any negative numbers be sure to include a negative sign (-) in front of those numbers.
A Simple Bank Balance Sheet
Assets Liabilities
Change in Reserves: Change in Deposits:
Change in Loans:

The Bay Street Bakery (BSB) has a respected following. When it moved the business to a famous resort area, it took a big risk; however, the owners were confident that its unique European style cookies and pastries would win customer raves. And they were right! Fortunately, one of the members of the family business was convinced that BSB needed to stay in touch with its loyal customers. When customers visited the bakery, the business collected names and addresses in order to send messages about promotions and coupons to valued customers. Marketing professionals refer to this strategy as:

Laura, a sales manager at Dexter Inc., claims that labor and management are rivals for most organizations. Brooke, the HR manager, says she is aware of exceptions. Which statement best supports Brooke's perspective? Question 34 options: After the 1980s, most unions and organizations have acted more like adversaries. Examples of cooperation between labor and management include employee involvement in decision making and self-managing teams. Finding win-win solutions is almost impossible because unions and management have conflicting goals. Organizations often define jobs narrowly, which is a sign of cooperation. Creating a union necessarily forces employers to pay more wages, which results in loss of profits.

On January 1, 2021, the Allegheny Corporation purchased equipment for $295,000. The estimated service life of the equipment is 10 years and the estimated residual value is $20,000. The equipment is expected to produce 280,000 units during its life.

Required:
Calculate depreciation for 2021 and 2022 using each of the following methods.

a. Sum-of-the-years'-digits.
b. One hundred fifty percent declining balance.