Bond company adopted the dollar-value lifo inventory method on january 1, 2021. in applying the lifo method, bond uses internal cost indexes and the multiple-pools approach. the following data were available for inventory pool no. 3 for the two years following the adoption of lifo:

ending inventory
year at year-end at base year cost cost index
1/1/2021 304,000 304,000 1.00
12/31/2021 341,250 325,000 1.05
12/31/2022 435,420 354,000 1.23
under the dollar-value lifo method, the inventory at december 31, 2022, should be

a. $361,720.
b. $354,000.
c. $355,050.
d. none of these answer choices are correct.

On coral island in 2012, the labor force is 12,000, the unemployment rate is 10 percent, and the labor force participation rate is 60 percent. during 2013, 200 unemployed people found jobs and the working-age population increased by 1,000. the total number of people in the labor force did not change. the working-age population at the end of 2013 was the unemployment rate at the end of 2013 was round up to the second decimal. the labor force participation rate at the end of 2013 was round up to the second decimal.

Biochemical corp. requires $600,000 in financing over the next three years. the firm can borrow the funds for three years at 10.80 percent interest per year. the ceo decides to do a forecast and predicts that if she utilizes short-term financing instead, she will pay 7.50 percent interest in the first year, 12.15 percent interest in the second year, and 8.25 percent interest in the third year. assume interest is paid in full at the end of each year. a)determine the total interest cost under each plan. a) long term fixed rate: b) short term fixed rate: b) which plan is less costly? a) long term fixed rate plan b) short term variable rate plan

The common stock and debt of northern sludge are valued at $65 million and $35 million, respectively. investors currently require a return of 15.9% on the common stock and a return of 7.8% on the debt. if northern sludge issues an additional $14 million of common stock and uses this money to retire debt, what happens to the expected return on the stock? assume that the change in capital structure does not affect the interest rate on northern’s debt and that there are no taxes.