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On april 1, 2017, jiro nozomi created a new travel agency, adventure travel. the following transactions occurred during the company’s first month. april 1 nozomi invested $30,000 cash and computer equipment worth $20,000 in the company in exchange for common stock.2 the company rented furnished office space by paying $1,800 cash for the first month's (april) rent.3 the company purchased $1,000 of office supplies for cash.10 the company paid $2,400 cash for the premium on a 12-month insurance policy. coverage begins on april 11.14 the company paid $1,600 cash for two weeks' salaries earned by employees.24 the company collected $8,000 cash on commissions from airlines on tickets obtained for customers.28 the company paid $1,600 cash for two weeks' salaries earned by employees.29 the company paid $350 cash for minor repairs to the company's computer.30 the company paid $750 cash for this month's telephone bill.30 the company paid $1,500 cash in dividends. the company's chart of accounts follows: 101 cash 405 commissions earned106 accounts receivable 612 depreciation expense—computer equip.124 office supplies 622 salaries expense128 prepaid insurance 637 insurance expense167 computer equipment 640 rent expense168 accumulated depreciation—computer equip. 650 office supplies expense209 salaries payable 684 repairs expense307 common stock 688 telephone expense318 retained earnings 901 income summary319 dividends use the following information: two-thirds (or $133) of one month’s insurance coverage has expired.at the end of the month, $600 of office supplies are still available.this month’s depreciation on the computer equipment is $500.employees earned $420 of unpaid and unrecorded salaries as of month-end.the company earned $1,750 of commissions that are not yet billed at month-end. required: 1. & 2. prepare journal entries to record the transactions for april and post them to the ledger accounts in requirement 6b. the company records prepaid and unearned items in balance sheet accounts.3. using account balances from requirement 6b, prepare an unadjusted trial balance as of april 30.4. journalize and post the adjusting entries for the month and prepare the adjusted trial balance.5a. prepare the income statement for the month of april 30, 2017.5b. prepare the statement of retained earnings for the month of april 30, 2017.5c. prepare the balance sheet at april 30, 2017.6a. prepare journal entries to close the temporary accounts and then post to requirement 6b.6b. post the journal entries to the ledger.7. prepare a post-closing trial balance.

After successfully completing your corporate finance class, you feel the next challenge ahead is to serve on the board of directors of schenkel enterprises. unfortunately, you will be the only person voting for you. the company has 375,000 shares outstanding, and the stock currently sells for $40, if there are four seats in the current election, how much will it cost you to buy a seat?

Jimmy's delicatessen sells large tins of tom tucker's toffee. the deli uses a periodic review system, checking inventory levels every 88 days, at which time an order is placed for more tins. order lead time is 22 days. daily demand is a constant 1515 tins, so average demand during the reorder period and order lead time (1010 days) is 150150 tins. draw a sawtooth diagram. assume that the beginning inventory level is equal to the restocking level and the desired service level is 99.9%. what is the safety stock level? (hint: look at the formula for calculating restocking level.) what is the average inventory level? the safety stock level is average inventory level is __chart: time (10,20,30), tins (0,150) lines touching both axisthe safety stock level is 0 tinsthe average inventory level is 75 tins