Superior developers sells lots for residential development. when lots are sold, superior recognizes income for financial reporting purposes in the year of the sale. for some lots, superior recognizes income for tax purposes when collected. in the prior year, income recognized for financial reporting purposes for lots sold this way was $40 million, which would be collected equally over the next two years. the enacted tax rate was 40%. this year, a new tax law was enacted, revising the tax rate from 40% to 35% beginning next year.

2standard deviation a particular telephone number is used to receive both voice calls and fax messages. suppose that 25% of the incoming calls involve fax messages, and consider a sample of 25 incoming calls. (a) what is the expected number of calls among the 25 that involve a fax message?

Which of the following is a problem for the production of public goods?

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out