Gerald bought his son, David, a computer two years ago. Recently, he decided to buy his daughter, Julian, a computer of her own. In the context of the two-year gap between the purchase of both the computers and Moore's law, it is most likely that:. A. Gerald paid a higher price for Julian's computer. B. David's computer will have a microprocessor with better power than that of Julian's. C. Both David's and Julian's computers would cost Gerald the same price. D. The microprocessor in Julian's computer will be more advanced in terms of power than that of David's. E. The power of the microprocessors, in both David and Julian's computers, would be the same.

Ail industries uses activity-based costing to assist management in setting prices for the company's three major product lines. the following information is available: activity cost pool estimated overhead expected use of cost driver per activity cutting $1,000,000 25,000 labor hours stitching 8,000,000 320,000 machine hours inspections 2,800,000 160,000 labor hours packing 960,000 64,000 finished goods units compute the activity-based overhead rates. (round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 12.25.)

Zapper has beginning equity of $257,000, net income of $51,000, dividends of $40,000 and investments by stockholders of $6,000. its ending equity is

Anew firm is developing its business plan. it will require $615,000 of assets, and it projects $450,000 of sales and $355,000 of operating costs for the first year. management is reasonably sure of these numbers because of contracts with its customers and suppliers. it can borrow at a rate of 7.5%, but the bank requires it to have a tie of at least 4.0, and if the tie falls below this level the bank will call in the loan and the firm will go bankrupt. what is the maximum debt ratio the firm can use? (hint: find the maximum dollars of interest, then the debt that produces that interest, and then the related debt ratio.)a. 41.94%b. 44.15%c. 46.47%d. 48.92%e. 51.49%