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Reil [10]
4 years ago
6

Suppose the price level and value of the U.S. Dollar in year 1 are 1 and $1, respectively. Instructions: Round your answers to 2

decimal places. a. If the price level rises to 1.35 in year 2, what is the new value of the dollar?
Business
1 answer:
Nookie1986 [14]4 years ago
3 0

Answer:

0.74

Explanation:

Data provided  in the question

Price level = 1.35

According to the given situation, the computation of the new value of the dollar is shown below:-

The New value of the dollar = 1 ÷ Price level

= 1 ÷ 1.35

= 0.74074

or

= 0.74

Therefore for computing the new value of the dollar we simply applied the above formula.

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Prepaid advertising …….…………………………………. 3,000

Indirect manufacturing labor cost..………………………… 16,200

Utilities expense..…. .....................………………………… 10,200

Direct manufacturing labor cost. ………………………..… 41,000

Factory equipment………………………………………….. 40,000

Insurance expense…………………….………………. …… 3,500

Restructuring costs………………………………………….. 4,000

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Interest expense……………………………………………. 1,750

Rent expense…..…………….………………. …………….. 18,000

Other factory indirect costs…………………………………. 3,000

Dividend paid………………………………………………. 1,500

Administrative expenses………………….…………………. 40,400

Short-term investment……………………………………… . 19,000

Total operating expenses …………………………………….. 331,550

Net operating loss …………………………………………….. ($10,800)

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b. Sixty percent (60%) of the rent expense is associated with factory operations. Allocate the remaining rent equally to selling expense and administrative expenses.

c. Factory equipment was purchased January 1, 2017. It was estimated that the useful life of the equipment is 10 years and the residual value, $4,000. The $10,000 accumulated depreciation above is for 2017. No depreciation was charged for 2018. The company uses the double-declining balance method of depreciation.

d. Inventory balances are:   January 1, 2018      December 31, 2018

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Work-in-process ……………..$8,000                               $10,000

Finished goods ……………$25,000                              $28,000

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2. As a second step, prepare a new multiple-step income statement for the year ended December 31, 2018.

3. Calculate the cost of producing one unit if the company produced 120,000 units in 2018 (round your answer to two decimal points).

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Salem Company

Income Statement

For the year ended December 31, 2019

Description Reference Amount ($) Amount ($)

Sales Revenue A                            298,000.00

Cost of goods Sold:    

Purchases - Change in Inventory      6,600.00  

Direct Materials purchased           93,000.00  

Direct Manufacturing labor cost    41,000.00

Manufacturing Costs:  

Utilities Exp (70%)     7,140.00  

Insurance Exp (80%)       2,800.00  

Rent Exp (60%)  10,800.00 20,740.00  

Total Cost of Goods Sold             161,340.00

Gross Profit                                      $136,660.00

   

Operating Expenses:    

Indirect Manufacturing labor cost  16,200.00  

Other factory indirect cost     3,000.00  

Selling Expenses                  32,250.00  

Utilities Exp (15%)                     1,530.00  

Insurance Exp (10%)               350.00  

Rent Exp (20%)                   3,600.00  

Administrative Exp                 40,400.00  

R&D Expenses                   4,750.00  

Restructuring cost                   4,000.00  

Depreciation                              7,200.00  

Total Operating Expense             118,760.00

Operating Income                                   $17,900.00

Non - Operating Expenses:    

Interest Exp        1,750.00  

Dividend Paid        1,500.00  

Total Non- Operating Expense     (3,250.00 )

Non-operating / Other Income    

Gain on sale of investment             5,250.00

Total Non- Operating Income    

Net Income before tax                           19,900.00

Tax at 21%                                             4,179.00

Net Income after taxes                   $15,721.00

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a) Data and Calculations:

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Income Statement

As of December 31, 2019

Revenues:

Sales revenue ……………..……………………………………​ $298,000

Wages payable…………..………………………………………..​ 4,000

Gain on sale of investment…………………………………….. 5,250

Deferred revenue………………………………………………. 2,500

Interest payable………………………………………………… 1,000

Accumulated depreciation……………………………………… 8,000

Total revenues …………………………………………………..​ $318,750

Less operating expenses:

Selling expenses….……………………… …………………. $32,250

Research and development expense………………….…….. 4,750

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