In a market economy, decisions about which goods are produced are based on: A. what the local community has made for generations. B. what the government decides is important for society. C. what health care organizations suggest will be best for citizens. D. what businesses believe will generate the most profits.

On april 1, 2017, jiro nozomi created a new travel agency, adventure travel. the following transactions occurred during the company’s first month. april 1 nozomi invested $30,000 cash and computer equipment worth $20,000 in the company in exchange for common stock.2 the company rented furnished office space by paying $1,800 cash for the first month's (april) rent.3 the company purchased $1,000 of office supplies for cash.10 the company paid $2,400 cash for the premium on a 12-month insurance policy. coverage begins on april 11.14 the company paid $1,600 cash for two weeks' salaries earned by employees.24 the company collected $8,000 cash on commissions from airlines on tickets obtained for customers.28 the company paid $1,600 cash for two weeks' salaries earned by employees.29 the company paid $350 cash for minor repairs to the company's computer.30 the company paid $750 cash for this month's telephone bill.30 the company paid $1,500 cash in dividends. the company's chart of accounts follows: 101 cash 405 commissions earned106 accounts receivable 612 depreciation expense—computer equip.124 office supplies 622 salaries expense128 prepaid insurance 637 insurance expense167 computer equipment 640 rent expense168 accumulated depreciation—computer equip. 650 office supplies expense209 salaries payable 684 repairs expense307 common stock 688 telephone expense318 retained earnings 901 income summary319 dividends use the following information: two-thirds (or $133) of one month’s insurance coverage has expired.at the end of the month, $600 of office supplies are still available.this month’s depreciation on the computer equipment is $500.employees earned $420 of unpaid and unrecorded salaries as of month-end.the company earned $1,750 of commissions that are not yet billed at month-end. required: 1. & 2. prepare journal entries to record the transactions for april and post them to the ledger accounts in requirement 6b. the company records prepaid and unearned items in balance sheet accounts.3. using account balances from requirement 6b, prepare an unadjusted trial balance as of april 30.4. journalize and post the adjusting entries for the month and prepare the adjusted trial balance.5a. prepare the income statement for the month of april 30, 2017.5b. prepare the statement of retained earnings for the month of april 30, 2017.5c. prepare the balance sheet at april 30, 2017.6a. prepare journal entries to close the temporary accounts and then post to requirement 6b.6b. post the journal entries to the ledger.7. prepare a post-closing trial balance.

Lo.2, 3, 9 lori, who is single, purchased 5-years class property for $200,00 and 7-years class property for $420,000 on may 20, 2018. lori experts the taxable income derived form the business (without regard to the amount expensed under ⧠179) to be about $550,000. lori has determined that she should elect immediate ⧠179 expensing in the amount of $520,000, but she doesn’t know which asset she should completely expense under ⧠179. she does not claim any available additional first-year depreciation. a. determine lori’s total cost recovery deduction if the ⧠179 expense is first taken with respect to the 5-year class asset. b. determine lori’s total cost recovery deduction if the ⧠179 expense is first taken with respect to the 7-year class asset. c. what is your advice for lori? d. assume that lori is in the 24% marginal tax bracket and that she uses ⧠179 on the 7-year asset. determine the present value of the tax savings from the depreciation deductions for both assets. see appendix g for present value factors, and assume a 6% discount rate. e. assume the same facts as in part (d), except that lori decides not to use ⧠179 on either asset. determine the present value of the tax savings under this choice. in addition, determine which option lori should choose. f. present your solution to parts (d) and (e) of the problem in a spreadsheet using appropriate microsoft excel formulas. e-mail your spreadsheet to your instructor with a two-paragraph summary of your findings.

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i.e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i.e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.