Your firm has been in business for two-years. In its first year, the firm ended with $237,000 of current assets, long-term assets of 143,000, 70,000 in surplus cash, current liabilities of 52,000, and long term debt of $68,000. At the end of the second year, the firm had current assets of $279,000, long-term assets of $195,000, surplus cash of $90,000, current liabilities of $62,000, and long-term debt of $78,000. What is your firm change in net operating working capital?

Solomon chemical company makes three products, b7, k6, and x9, which are joint products from the same materials. in a standard batch of 320,000 pounds of raw materials, the company generates 70,000 pounds of b7, 150,000 pounds of k6, and 100,000 pounds of x9. a standard batch costs $3,840,000 to produce. the sales prices per pound are $10, $14, and $20 for b7, k6, and x9, respectively. (a) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base. (b) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using market value as the allocation base. (c) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base.