Chapter 5 Problem 2

Stiles Company uses the Perpetual Inventory system and had the following transactions during the month of October:

Oct. 2 Sold merchandise to Boyle for $5,700, terms of 2/15, n/30. Cost of these units was $3,500.
Oct. 4 Boyle returned $400 of merchandise purchased on Oct. 2. Cost of these returned items was $225.
Oct. 13 Collected the amount due from Boyle

Required: Prepare the journal entries for each of these 3 transactions

Suppose the marginal damage and marginal benefit curves in a polluted neighborhood are md = p/3 and mb = 4 – p. also, suppose that transactions costs are low, so that the consumers and the firm can bargain. we saw that in this case, the socially-optimal level of pollution is achieved. start by computing the socially-optimal p. then, for each of the following cases, compute the amount of money transferred through the bargaining process, and indicate who pays whom (i.e., whether consumers pay the firm, or vice versa). also, compute the gains to each party relative to the status quo (i.e., the starting point of the bargaining process).a)consumers have the right to clean air; firm is dominant in the bargaining process.b)consumers have the right to clean air; consumers are dominant in the bargaining process.c)firm has the right to pollute; firm is dominant in the bargaining process.d)firm has the right to pollute; consumers are dominant in the bargaining proces

Kim davis is in the 40 percent personal tax bracket. she is considering investing in hca(taxable) bonds that carry a 12 percent interest rate. what is her after- tax yield(interest rate) on the bonds?

Bathlinks corporation has a debt to assets ratio of 73%. this tells the user of bathlinks’s financial statements that a. bathlinks is getting a 27% return on its assets. b. there is a risk that bathlinks cannot pay its debts as they come due. c. 73% of the assets are financed by the stockholders. d. based on this measure, the user should not invest in bathlinks.