Xinhong Company is considering replacing one of its manufacturing machines. The machine has a book value of $37,000 and a remaining useful life of four years, at which time its salvage value will be zero. It has a current market value of $47,000. Variable manufacturing costs are $33,700 per year for this machine. Information on two alternative replacement machines follows. Alternative A Alternative B
Cost $ 123,000 $ 113,000
Variable manufacturing costs per year 22,700 10,000
1. Calculate the total change in net income if Alternative A is adopted.
ALTERNATIVE A: INCREASE OR (DECREASE) IN NET INCOME
Cost to buy new machine
Cash received to trade in old machine
Reduction in variable manufacturing costs
Total change in net income $0
2. Calculate the total change in net income if Alternative B is adopted. (Cash outflows should be indicated by a minus sign.)
ALTERNATIVE B: INCREASE OR (DECREASE) IN NET INCOME
Cost to buy new machine
Cash received to trade in old machine
Reduction in variable manufacturing costs
Total change in net income $0
3. Should Xinhong keep or replace its manufacturing machine? If the machine should be replaced, which alternative new machine should Xinhong purchase?
(a) Keep the manufacturing machine.
(b) Alternative A.
(c) Alternative B.

The starr theater, owned by meg vargo, will begin operations in march. the starr will be unique in that it will show only triple features of sequential theme movies. as of march 1, the ledger of starr showed: cash $3,150, land $22,000, buildings (concession stand, projection room, ticket booth, and screen) $10,000, equipment $10,000, accounts payable $7,300, and owner’s capital $37,850. during the month of march, the following events and transactions occurred.mar. 2 rented the three indiana jones movies to be shown for the first 3 weeks of march. the film rental was $3,600; $1,600 was paid in cash and $2,000 will be paid on march 10.3 ordered the lord of the rings movies to be shown the last 10 days of march. it will cost $200 per night.9 received $4,500 cash from admissions.10 paid balance due on indiana jones movies rental and $2,200 on march 1 accounts payable.11 starr theater contracted with adam ladd to operate the concession stand. ladd is to pay 15% of gross concession receipts, payable monthly, for the rental of the concession stand.12 paid advertising expenses $900.20 received $5,100 cash from customers for admissions.20 received the lord of the rings movies and paid the rental fee of $2,000.31 paid salaries of $2,900.31 received statement from adam ladd showing gross receipts from concessions of $6,000 and the balance due to starr theater of $900 ($6,000 × 15%) for march. ladd paid one-half the balance due and will remit the remainder on april 5.31 received $9,200 cash from customers for admissions.1.) enter the beginning balances in the ledger.2.) journalize the march transactions. starr records admission revenue as service revenue, rental of the concession stand as rent revenue, and film rental expense as rent expense. (credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. do not indent manually. record journal entries in the order presented in the problem. if no entry is required, select "no entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)3.) post the march journal entries to the ledger. (post entries in the order of journal entries presented in the previous question.)