If purchasing power parity (ppp) holds, a bushel of rice costs $10 in the u. s., and the nominal exchange rate is 2 thai bhat per dollar, then the price of a bushel of rice in thailand must equal thai bhat.

Asupermarket has been experiencing long lines during peak periods of the day. the problem is noticeably worse on certain days of the week, and the peak periods are sometimes different according to the day of the week. there are usually enough workers on the job to open all cash registers. the problem is knowing when to call some of the workers stocking shelves up to the front to work the checkout counters. how might decision models the supermarket? what data would be needed to develop these models?

Joint cost cheyenne, inc. produces three products from a common input. the joint costs for a typical quarter follow: direct materials $45,000 direct labor 55,000 overhead 60,000 the revenues from each product are as follows: product a $75,000 product b 80,000 product c 30,000 management is considering processing product a beyond the split-off point, which would increase the sales value of product a to $116,000. however, to process product a further means that the company must rent some special equipment costing $17,500 per quarter. additional materials and labor also needed would cost $12,650 per quarter. a. what is the gross profit currently being earned by the three products for one quarter? $answer b. what is the effect on quarterly profits if the company decides to process product a further? $answer

On january 1, a company issued and sold a $398,000, 6%, 10-year bond payable, and received proceeds of $393,000. interest is payable each june 30 and december 31. the company uses the straight-line method to amortize the discount. the journal entry to record the first interest payment is: