Assume Organic Ice Cream Company, Inc., bought a new ice cream production kit (pasteurizer/homogenizer, cooler, aging vat, freezer, and filling machine) at the beginning of the year at a cost of $16,000. The estimated useful life was four years, and the residual value was $1,600. Assume that the estimated productive life of the machine was 9,600 hours. Actual annual usage was 3,840 hours in Year 1; 2,880 hours in Year 2; 1,920 hours in Year 3; and 960 hours in Year 4. Required: 1. Complete a separate depreciation schedule for each of the alternative methods. a. Straight-line. b. Units-of-production. c. Double-declining-balance.

Astock is selling today for $50 per share. at the end of the year, it pays a dividend of $3 per share and sells for $58. a. what is the total rate of return on the stock? (enter your answer as a whole percent.) b. what are the dividend yield and percentage capital gain? (enter your answers as a whole percent.) c. now suppose the year-end stock price after the dividend is paid is $42. what are the dividend yield and percentage capital gain in this case? (negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. enter your answers as a whole percent.)

The interaction of individual choices because a type of fish is on the verge of extinction, the government imposes rules that prohibit fishing in the publicly owned spawning grounds. at first owners of fshing bouts complain about this restriction on where they can fish, but soon they notice that the number of adult fish swimming outside the protected area is much higher than it was before. with the restriction, each fishing boat ends up catching more fish than it did before the r which of the following principles of economic interaction best describes this scenario? o there is a tradeoff between equality and efficiency o markets usually lead to efficiency. o when markets do not achieve efficiency,government intervention can improve overall welfare o markets allocate goodseffectively

After testing its water, a city water department issues a report to the related citizens, noting what chemicals have been identified, their doses, and the estimated risks of exposure at these levels. this report represents a type of