Listed below are year-end account balances (in $millions) taken from the records of Symphony Stores. Debit Credit Accounts receivable-trade 694 Building and equipment 928 Cash-checking 38 Interest receivable 41 Inventory 28 Land 158 Notes receivable (long-term) 459 Petty cash fund 8 Prepaid rent 28 Supplies 10 Trademark 56 Accounts payable-trade 648 Accumulated depreciation 64 Additional paid-in capital 479 Allowance for uncollectible accounts 15 Cash dividends payable 25 Common stock, at par 13 Income tax payable 59 Notes payable (long-term) 824 Retained earnings 300 Deferred revenues 21 TOTALS 2,448 2,448 What would Symphony report as total shareholders' equity

The beginning inventory is expected to be 2,000 cases. expected sales are 10,000 cases, and the company wishes to begin the next period with an inventory of 1,000 cases. the number of cases the company must purchase during the month is multiple choice 9,000 cases. 10,000 cases. 11,000 cases. 13,000 cases.

Afirm's before-tax cost of debt, rd, is the interest rate that the firm must pay on debt. because interest is tax deductible, the relevant cost of debt used to calculate a firm's wacc is the cost of debt, rd (1 – t). the cost of debt is used in calculating the wacc because we are interested in maximizing the value of the firm's stock, and the stock price depends on cash flows. it is important to emphasize that the cost of debt is the interest rate on debt, not debt because our primary concern with the cost of capital is its use in capital budgeting decisions. the rate at which the firm has borrowed in the past is because we need to know the cost of capital. for these reasons, the on outstanding debt (which reflects current market conditions) is a better measure of the cost of debt than the . the on the company's -term debt is generally used to calculate the cost of debt because more often than not, the capital is being raised to fund -term projects. quantitative problem: 5 years ago, barton industries issued 25-year noncallable, semiannual bonds with a $1,600 face value and a 8% coupon, semiannual payment ($64 payment every 6 months). the bonds currently sell for $845.87. if the firm's marginal tax rate is 40%, what is the firm's after-tax cost of debt? round your answer to 2 decimal places. do not round intermediate calcu

Sarah salesrep is brand new to her job selling "lifetime" printers that never need replacement ink cartridges. the problem is that these printers cost ten times more than a regular printer, so it is difficult to get prospective buyers to understand the cost savings of buying it. to break through the barrier and begin making sales, sarah should use a analysis that highlights her printer's lower cost.