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Answer:
a. The company must have had net income equal to zero in 2009.
Explanation:
If on its 2008 balance sheet, Sherman Books showed a balance of retained earnings equal to $510 million, and on its 2009 balance sheet, the balance of retained earnings was also equal to $510 million; then what is true is that the company must have had net income equal to zero in 2009.
Retained earnings is the profit amount or net income left over and taken back into the business after it has paid out dividends to its shareholders.
However it is unlikely that the company will pay out the entire amount it earns in a particular year but a percentage of earnings.
In the case of Sherman, it is unlikely that the company made a profit of $200 million and paid out every bit as dividends to shareholders but what is most likely is that there was no profit made for retention in 2009
Answer:
$405,000
Explanation:
The calculation of total amount is shown below:-
If the company disposes of the equipment to buy the new equipment, the sunk cost will be the old equipment's book value.
Sunk cost = Book value of the old Equipment
Sunk cost = Cost of equipment - Accumulated Depreciation
= $550,000 - $145,000
= $405,000
Therefore for computing the sunk cost we simply deduct the accumulated Depreciation from cost of equipment
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