Gary has just retired, and has 5 dollars in his retirement account. the account will earn interest at an annual rate of 5 percent, compounded monthly. at the end of each month, gary will withdraw a fixed amount to cover his living expenses. gary wants his savings to last exactly 30 years. how much money can he withdraw each month? (give your answer in dollars, correct to the nearest cent.) monthly withdrawal: 1719.5 incorrect: your answer is incorrect. what is the maximum amount that gary can withdraw each month if he wants his savings to last indefinitely? monthly withdrawal:

On april 1, the cash account balance was $46,220. during april, cash receipts totaled $248,600 and the april 30 balance was $56,770. determine the cash payments made during april.

You are the cfo of a u.s. firm whose wholly owned subsidiary in mexico manufactures component parts for your u.s. assembly operations. the subsidiary has been financed by bank borrowings in the united states. one of your analysts told you that the mexican peso is expected to depreciate by 30 percent against the dollar on the foreign exchange markets over the next year. what actions, if any, should you take

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?