RentAPhone is a new service company that provides European mobile phones to American visitors to Europe. The company currently has 80 phones available at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. There are, on average, 25 customers per day requesting a phone. These requests arrive uniformly throughout the 24 hours the store is open. The corresponding coefficient of variation is 1.
Customers keep their phones on average 72 hours. The standard deviation of this time is 100 hours. Given that RentAPhone currently does not have a competitor in France providing equally good service, customers are willing to wait for the telephones. Yet, during the waiting period, customers are provided a free calling card. Based on prior experience, RentAPhone found that the company incurred a cost of $1 per hour per waiting customer, independent of day or night.
a. What is the average number of telephones the company has in its store?
b. How long does a customer, on average, have to wait for the phone?
c. What are the total monthly (30 days) expenses for telephone cards?
d. Assume RentAPhone could buy additional phones at $1,000 per unit. Is it worth it to buy one additional phone? Why?
e. How would waiting time change if the company decides to limit all rentals to exactly 72 hours? Assume that if such a restriction is imposed, the number of customers requesting a phone would be reduced to 20 customers per day.

Answer:

Answer:- m = 80

a = 24 hours / 25 customers = 0.96 hours

p = 72 hours

u = p/(m x a) = 72 /(80×0.96)=0.9375

On average 93.75% of the phones are in use. 0.9375 x 80 = 75 phones are in use. Thus, 5 phones are available on average.

From above it is clear that 93.75%% of total phones are in use therefore total number of cell phones in use = 0.9375*80=75

So only 5 phones are available.

Answer:- CVa =1, CVp = 100/72 = 1.3889

Tq =( 72/80*[(0.9375 √2*80+1)-1]/(1-0.9375) * (12+1.88892)/2) = 9.89 hour

Thus average waiting time = 9.89 hours

Explanation:

Answer:- m = 80

a = 24 hours / 25 customers = 0.96 hours

p = 72 hours

u = p/(m x a) = 72 /(80×0.96)=0.9375

On average 93.75% of the phones are in use. 0.9375 x 80 = 75 phones are in use. Thus, 5 phones are available on average.

From above it is clear that 93.75%% of total phones are in use therefore total number of cell phones in use = 0.9375*80=75

So only 5 phones are available.

Answer:- CVa =1, CVp = 100/72 = 1.3889

Tq =( 72/80*[(0.9375 √2*80+1)-1]/(1-0.9375) * (12+1.88892)/2) = 9.89 hour

Thus average waiting time = 9.89 hours

The price of peanut butter increases from $3.00 to $3.50 per jar, and the quantity of jelly demanded falls from 30 jars to 24 jars. Using the midpoint formula, calculate the cross-price elasticity of demand. Report your answer to two decimal places.

In 2009, Khalid was in an automobile accident and suffered physical injuries. The accident was caused by Rashad's negligence. Khalid threatened to file a lawsuit against Amber Trucking Company, Rashad's employer, claiming $50,000 for pain and suffering, $25,000 for loss of income, and $100,000 in punitive damages. Amber's insurance company will not pay punitive damages; therefore, Amber has offered to settle the case for $120,000 for pain and suffering, $25,000 for loss of income, and nothing for punitive damages. Khalid is in the 35% marginal tax bracket. What is the after-tax difference to Khalid between Khalid's original claim and Amber's offer

An important corporate-level strategic decision is whether to pursue diversification, which involves moving into new lines of business. This activity is important because diversification is one of the key ways that companies grow revenues and/or reduce risks. The goal of this exercise is to challenge your knowledge of the different forms of diversification For each company example, select the type of diversification the statement best represents.
1. Luxury fashion brand Coach, Inc. acquired Kate Spade New York-another luxury fashion and lifestyle brand-in 2017. (Click to select)
2. Fast fashion retail giant, Zara is able to get designs from the catwalk to the retail store at incredible speeds. Zara can do this because it has acquired most of its supply chain, including designers, manufacturers, and distributors. Click to select)
3. Clorox Company, best known for bleach and cleaning products, purchased Burt's Bees, best known for its natural beauty and personal care products, in 2007 Click to select)
4. In 2018, Novartis, a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company, acquired Avexis, a clinical stage gene therapy company (Click to select)
5. In the 1930s, Mars Incorporated (maker of Snickers and other popular candies) purchased Chappell Brothers canned dog food company. Much of Mars' business today comes from pet food brands such as Whiskas and Pedigree. In 2017, Mars acquired VCA, a company that owns hundreds of dog day care facilities and animal hospitals, to add to its Mars Petcare portfolio Click to select)
6. In 2018, Boeing aerospace company announced its plans to buy KLX, a company that distributes aerospace fasteners and consumables Click to select)
1. Luxury fashion brand Click to select Vertical integration Unrelated diversification Related diversification (Click to select)
3. Clorox Companv. best

How can emotions affect attitudes and behaviour at workplace

Today, you borrowed $12,200 on your credit card to purchase some furniture. The interest rate is 16.8 percent, compounded monthly. How long will it take you to pay off this debt assuming that you do not charge anything else and make regular monthly payments of $190?
a. 13.7 years
b. 15.2 years
c. 14.5 years
d. 16.9 years

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Do you believe that the advantages accrued from specialization are lost or diminished when individuals from different specialties are put together on a team? Discuss.

On January 1, 2021, Avondale Lumber adopted the dollar-value LIFO inventory method. The inventory value for its one inventory pool on this date was $265,000. An internally generated cost index is used to convert ending inventory to base year. Year-end inventories at year-end costs and cost indexes for its one inventory pool were as follows:

Year Ended December 31 Inventory year end costs Cost index(relative to base year)
2021 $340,000 1.02
2022 350,000 1.06
2023 400,000 1.07
2024 430,000 1.10

Required:
Calculate inventory amounts at the end of each year.

Consider a competitive market for a consumer product. Suppose this product goes out of fashion with consumers. How will this sudden drop in popularity affect the profit of an individual firm in this market in the long run?
A The profnt of an individual firm increases from a smaller positive value to a larger positive value in the long run.
B. The profht of an individual firm increases from zero to a positive value in the long run.
C. The profit of an individual firm decreases from zero, and the firm will incur a loss in the long run.
D. The profit of an individual firm stays at zero in the long run.

On January 1, Parson Freight Company issues 9.0%, 10-year bonds with a par value of $2,900,000. The bonds pay interest semiannually. The market rate of interest is 10.0% and the bond selling price was $2,702,942. The bond issuance should be recorded as:____________
a) Debit Cash $2,900,000; credit Bonds Payable $2,900,000.
b) Debit Cash $2,702,942; credit Bonds Payable $2,702,942.
c) Debit Cash $2,900,000; credit Bonds Payable $2,702,942; credit Discount on Bonds Payable $197,058.
d) Debit Cash $2,702,942; debit Discount on Bonds Payable $197,058; credit Bonds Payable $2,900,000.
e) Debit Cash $2,702,942; debit Interest Expense $197,058; credit Bonds Payable $2,900,000.

The glue is not a significant cost, so it is treated as indirect materials (factory overhead). a. Journalize the entry to record the purchase of materials in April. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. a. Materials fill in the blank 0405c7fed078fd8_2 fill in the blank 0405c7fed078fd8_3 Accounts Payable fill in the blank 0405c7fed078fd8_5 fill in the blank 0405c7fed078fd8_6 b. Journalize the entry to record the requisition of materials in April. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. b. fill in the blank 6c73b5f42041fa9_2

Expert Manufacturing reported the​ following: Revenue Beginning inventory of direct​ materials, January​ 1, 2015 Purchases of direct materials Ending inventory of direct​ materials, December​ 31, 2015 Direct manufacturing labor Indirect manufacturing costs Beginning inventory of finished​ goods, January​ 1, 2015 Cost of goods manufactured Ending inventory of finished​ goods, December​ 31, 2015 Operating costs How much of the above would be considered period costs for Expert​ Manufacturing?

Flynn Industries has three activity cost pools and two products. It estimates production 2,000 units of Product BC113 and 1,000 of Product AD908. Having identified its activity cost pools and the cost drivers for each pool, Flynn accumulated the following data relative to those activity cost pools and cost drivers.
Estimated Use of
Annual Overhead Data Cost Drivers per Product
Estimated
Activity Cost Cost Estimated Estimated Use of Product Product
Pools Drivers Overhead Cost Drivers BC13 AD908
Per Activity
Machine setup Setups $21,500 43 22 21
Machining Machine hours 101,430 4,830 1,190 3,640
Packing Orders 34,020 540 110 430
Using the above data, do the following:
A) Prepare a schedule showing the computations of the activity-based overhead rates per cost driver.
B) Prepare a schedule assigning each activity's overhead cost to the two products.
C) Compute the overhead cost per unit for each product.
D) Comment on the comparative overhead cost per product.

Donald Jackson invests $58,800 at 10% annual interest, leaving the money invested without withdrawing any of the interest for 10 years. At the end of the 10 years, Donald withdraws the accumulated amount of money.

Required:
a. Compute the amount Donald would withdraw assuming the investment earns simple interest.
b. Compute the amount Donald would withdraw assuming the investment earns interest compounded annually.
c. Compute the amount Donald would withdraw assuming the investment earns interest compounded annually.

For each of the following separate transactions: Sold a building costing $39,000, with $23,600 of accumulated depreciation, for $11,600 cash, resulting in a $3,800 loss. Acquired machinery worth $13,600 by issuing $13,600 in notes payable. Issued 1,360 shares of common stock at par for $2 per share. Note payables with a carrying value of $41,800 were retired for $50,600 cash, resulting in a $8,800 loss. (a) Prepare the reconstructed journal entry. (b) Identify the effect it has, if any, on the investing section or financing section of the statement of cash flows.

Daria plans to retire in 20 years and wants to know how much she will need to have in her account when she retires. She wants to be able to withdraw $5,000 per month for 25 years of retirement, and she expects her account to earn a nominal rate of 9 percent per year. Round to the nearest cent. Do not include any unit (If your answer is $111.11, then type 111.11 without $ sign.)

Your company is about to undertake a major investment project. The project will require an initial outlay of $100 million for fixed assets plus another $50 million for working capital. Tax authorities will allow you to depreciate the fixed assets on a straight-line basis over four years to a salvage value of zero. In fact, however, you expect that you can sell the fixed assets for $25 million at the end of Year 4. You also expect that you can recover your working capital at its book value at that time. You expect that the project will generate $60 million in revenue and $30 million in cash operating expenses (excluding depreciation) during each of the next four years. The corporate tax rate is 40%.
A) What are the cash flows for each year of the project’s life that you would use in conducting an NPV analysis of the project?
B) If the cost of capital is 10%, what is the project’s NPV?
C) What is the minimum price at which you could sell the fixed assets at the end of Year 4 in order for the project to be just acceptable?

Assume that on July 1, Jerome, Inc., paid $100,000 to buy Potter's 8 percent, two-year bonds with a $100,000 par value. The bonds pay interest semiannually on December 31 and June 30. Jerome intends to hold the bonds until they mature. Complete the necessary December 31 entry to record.

A company's income statement showed the following: net income, $115,000; depreciation expense, $30,500; and gain on sale of plant assets, $4,500. An examination of the company's current assets and current liabilities showed the following changes accounts receivable decreased $9,500; merchandise inventory increased $18,500; prepaid expenses increased $6,300; accounts payable increased $3,500. Calculate the net cash provided or used by operating activities.

Compute gross profit earned by the company for each of the four costing methods. For specific identification, the March 9 sale consisted of 140 units from beginning inventory and 270 units from the March 5 purchase; the March 29 sale consisted of 120 units from the March 18 purchase and 160 units from the March 25 purchase. (Round weighted average cost per unit to two decimals and final answers to nearest whole dollar.)

Not yet answered Marked out of 1.00 Flag question The accounting records of Slattery Corporation, a small manufacturing company, show the following balances for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019: Sales revenue $3,425,000 Selling expense $782,000 Research and development 96,400 Gain on sale of bonds 20,300 Interest income 18,400 Cost of goods sold 1,611,000 Restructuring costs 112,000 General and administrative expense 585,700 Interest expense 32,000
The restructuring costs were incurred as a result of one-time changes in raw materials management. Slattery prepares multiple-step income statements. Use 25% as the tax rate.
Slattery Corporation's Net income for 2019 equals_______.
Select one:
a. $267,450
b. $334,725
c. $262,425
d. $183,450
e. $244,600

Egrane, Inc.'s monthly bank statement showed the ending balance of cash of $19,200. The bank reconciliation for the period showed an adjustment for a deposit in transit of $1,850, outstanding checks of $2,700, a NSF check of $1,400, bank service charges of $65 and the EFT from a customer in payment of the customer's account of $2,200. What was the cash balance on the Egrane's books (before the adjustments for items on the bank reconciliation)

Government-wide statements report on assets and liabilities that are denied recognition on funds statements. Entrepreneurs Consultants, a state agency, was estab- lished to provide consulting services to small businesses. It maintains only a single general fund and accounts for its activities on a modified accrual basis. During its first month of operations, the association engaged in, or was affected by, the following transactions and events:
1. It received an unassigned grant of $100,000.
2. It purchased five computers at $2,000 each.
3. It paid wages and salaries of $6,000.
4. Itborrowed$24,000fromabanktoenableittopurchase an automobile. It gave the bank a long-term note.
5. It purchased the automobile for $24,000.
6. It made its first payment on the note—interest of $200.
7. It destroyed one of its computers in an accident. The computer was not insured.
a. Prepare journal entries in the general fund to record each of the transactions or other events.
b. Prepare a balance sheet and a statement of revenues and expenditures for the general fund.
c. Prepareagovernment-widestatementofnetposition (balance sheet) and statement of activities. These should be on a full accrual basis. Assume that the capital assets have a useful life of five years and that no depreciation is to be charged on the computer that was destroyed.

Data concerning Kardas Corporation's single product appear below: Per Unit Percent of Sales Selling price $ 140 100% Variable expenses 28 20% Contribution margin $ 112 80% The company is currently selling 8,000 units per month. Fixed expenses are $719,000 per month. The marketing manager believes that a $20,000 increase in the monthly advertising budget would result in a 180 unit increase in monthly sales. What should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change

a. Suppose that when the price of peanut butter rises from $2 to $3 per jar, the quantity of jelly purchased falls from 20 million jars to 15 million jars. Instructions: Round your answer to two decimal places. If you are entering a negative number be sure to include a negative sign (-) in front of that number. The cross-price elasticity of demand between peanut butter and jelly using the mid-point method is:_______ .
The goods are:_______ .
b. Suppose that when the price of peanut butter rises from $2 to $3 per jar, the quantity of jelly purchased increase from 15 million jars to 20 million jars. Instructions: Round your answer to two decimal places. If you are entering a negative number be sure to include a negative sign (-) in front of that number. The cross-price elasticity of demand between peanut butter and jelly using the mid-point method is:_______ .

Various financial data for SunPath Manufacturing for 2019 and 2020 follow. 2019 2020 Output: Sales $ 300,000 $ 330,000 Inputs: Labor 40,000 43,000 Raw Materials 45,000 51,000 Energy 10,000 9,000 Capital Employed 250,000 262,000 Other 2,000 6,000 What is the percentage change in the energy partial productivity measure for SunPath between 2019 and 2020

An alumnus of West Virginia University wishes to start an endowment that will provide scholarship money of $40,000 per year beginning in year 5 and continuing indefinitely. The donor plans to give money now and for each of the next 2 years. If the size of each donation is exactly the same, the amount that must be donated each year at i = 8% per year is closest to:___.
a) $190.820.
b) $122.280.
c) $127.460.
d) $132.040.

Ashley Foods, Inc. has determined that any one of five machines can be used in one phase of its chili canning operation. The costs of the machines are estimated below, and all machines are estimated to have a 4-year useful life. If the minimum attractive rate of return is 20% per year, determine which machine should be selected on the basis of a rate or return analysis.

paid $1,300 towards principal of the notes payable
What is the credit and debit for this?

Employers must provide training and evaluation with employees?