At the beginning of the year, Plummer's Sports Center bought three used fitness machines from Brunswick Corporation. The machines immediately were overhauled, installed, and started operating. The machines were different; therefore, each had to be recorded separately in the accounts. Machine A Machine B Machine CInvoice price paid for asset $ 32,300 $ 32,300 $ 23,400Installation costs 2,300 2,400 1,100Renovation costs prior to use 4,000 1,000 1,900By the end of the first year, each machine had been operating 6,500 hours.2. Prepare the entry to record depreciation expense at the end of Year 1, assuming the following. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)ESTIMATESMachine Life Residual Value Depreciation MethodA 9 years $1,700 Straight-lineB 64,000 hours 3,700 Units-of-productionC 8 years 1,500 Double-declining-balance

Suppose that hubert, an economist from an am talk radio program, and kate, an economist from a nonprofit organization on the west coast, are arguing over government bailouts. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: kate: to recent financial crises, the concept of bailouts is a hot topic for debate among everyone these days. hubert: indeed, it’s gotten crazy! a government bailout of severely distressed financial firms is unnecessary because free markets will properly price assets. kate: i don’t know about that. without a bailout of severely distressed financial firms, the economy will experience a deep recession. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in scientific judgments . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue. central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation. employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations

Find a company that has followed a strong strategic direction- state that generic strategy and the back-up points to support your position.

You are working on a bid to build two city parks a year for the next three years. this project requires the purchase of $249,000 of equipment that will be depreciated using straight-line depreciation to a zero book value over the three-year project life. ignore bonus depreciation. the equipment can be sold at the end of the project for $115,000. you will also need $18.000 in net working capital for the duration of the project. the fixed costs will be $37000 a year and the variable costs will be $148,000 per park. your required rate of return is 14 percent and your tax rate is 21 percent. what is the minimal amount you should bid per park? (round your answer to the nearest $100) (a) $214,300 (b) $214,100 (c) $212,500 (d) $208,200 (e) $208,400