Widgets inc. is thinking about replacing a piece of manufacturing equipment with a remaining useful life of three years and a $0 estimated salvage value. the book value of the equipment is $25,000, and the machine could be sold in its current condition for $7,000. the new machine would cost $83,000 and would have no salvage value at the end of its three-year useful life. with the new machine, widgets' variable operating costs would drop from $189,500 to $169,900 per year. if widgets opts to buy the new machine,
a. its total net income for the next three years would be $31,200 lower than with the current machine.
b. its total net income for the next three years would be $17,200 higher than with the current machine.
c. its total net income for the next three years would be $58,800 higher than with the current machine.
d. its total variable operating costs for the next three years would be $58,800 lower than with the current machine.

Management discovers that a supervisor at one of its restaurant locations removes excess cash and resets sales totals throughout the day on the point-of-sale (pos) system. at closing, the supervisor deposits cash equal to the recorded sales on the pos system and keeps the rest.the supervisor forwards the close-of-day pos reports from the pos system along with a copy of the bank deposit slip to the company’s revenue accounting department. the revenue accounting department records the sales and the cash for the location in the general ledger and verifies the deposit slip to the bank statement. any differences between sales and deposits are recorded in an over/short account and, if necessary, followed up with the location supervisor. the customer food order checks are serially numbered, and it is the supervisor’s responsibility to see that they are accounted for at the end of each day. customerchecks and the transaction journal tapes from the pos system are kept by the supervisor for 1 week at the location and then destroyed.what control allowed the fraud to occur?

You are the new chief information officer for the video-game developer, necturus games. the company has recently undergone a major expansion of its primary product, and you must staff up the is department and determine the best way to develop new game "capsules" for the game, "escape velocity."

Which statement best explains the relationship between points a and b? a. consumption reaches its highest point, and then supply begins to fall. b. inflation reaches its highest point, and then the economy begins to expand. c. production reaches its highest point, and then the economy begins to contract. d. unemployment reaches its highest point, and then inflation begins to decrease.