Question 5: E15.11B (L0 3,4) (Equity Items on the Balance Sheet) The following are selected transactions that may affect stockholders’ equity. 1. Paid the cash dividend declared in a prior year. 2. Recorded a retained earnings appropriation. 3. Recorded accrued interest earned on a note receivable from a major shareholder. 4. Purchased treasury stock. (The company uses the cost method.) 5. Recorded salary expense accrual. 6. Declared a cash dividend on preferred stock. 7. Declared and distributed a 5% stock dividend. 8. Issued $1 par value common stock (current market price of $75 per share) in exchange for land. Instructions: In the table below, indicate the effect each of the eight transactions has on the financial statement elements listed. Indicate: Increase, Decrease, or No Effect in each box below.

Eliminating entries (including goodwill impairment) and worksheets for various years on january 1, 2013, porter company purchased an 80% interest in the capital stock of salem company for$850,000. at that time, salem company had capital stock of $550,000 and retained earnings of $80,000.differences between the fair value and the book value of the identifiable assets of salem company were asfollows: fair value in excess of book valueequipment$130,000land65,000inventory40,000the book values of all other assets and liabilities of salem company were equal to their fair values onjanuary 1, 2013. the equipment had a remaining life of five years on january 1, 2013. the inventory was sold in2013.salem company’s net income and dividends declared in 2013 and 2014 were as follows: year 2013 net income of $100,000; dividends declared of $25,000year 2014 net income of $110,000; dividends declared of $35,000required: a.prepare a computation and allocation schedule for the difference between book value of equity acquired andthe value implied by the purchase price.b.present the eliminating/adjusting entries needed on the consolidated worksheet for the year endeddecember 31, 2013. (it is not necessary to prepare the worksheet.)lo6lo1

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Security a has a higher standard deviation of returns than security b. we would expect that: (i) security a would have a risk premium equal to security b. (ii) the likely range of returns for security a in any given year would be higher than the likely range of returns for security b. (iii) the sharpe ratio of a will be higher than the sharpe ratio of b. (a) i only (b) i and ii only (c) ii and iii only (d) i, ii and iii