Answer:
1. Which year is likely the base year?
The base year is likely to be 2018, because it has the lower consumer price index. This is because most economies show inflation (the gradual increase of the prices overtime within an economy) rather than deflation (the gradual decrease)
2. What is the inflation rate from 2018 to 2019?
Using the consumer price index (CPI) the inflation rate formula is:
Inflation rate = CPI year 2 - CPI year 1 / CPI year 1
in this case, the year 1 is our likely base year, 2018, and year 2 is 2019.
Now, we simply plug the amounts into the formula:
Inflation rate = 255.651 - 251.107 / 251.107 = 0.018 or 1.8%
So the inflation rate from 2018 to 2019 is 1.8%, a rather low number.
Answer:
The correct answer is letter "C": it yields a larger variety of solutions than generally available using an LP method.
Explanation:
In Goal Programming (GP), the MINIMAX objective aims to minimize the maximum deviation from any type of objective. This approach carries a larger number of solutions compared to the Linear Programming (LP) method which mainly focuses on assigning more weight to each goal in the objective function.
Answer:
$47,100
Explanation:
The cost of goods available for sale is the sum of the opening balance and the net purchases during the period.
The net purchases is the difference between the total purchases and the allowances and discounts and returns.
Hence,
Cost of goods available for sale
= $15,000 + $40,000 - $2,000 - $500 - $5,700 + $300
= $47,100
Answer:
Please refer to the below for Journal entries
Explanation:
The journal entries are seen below
1. Cash A/c Dr $58,523
Discount on bond payable A/c Cr $4,477
To bonds payable A/c Cr $63,000
(Being the issuance of bond that is recorded)
2. Interest expense A/c Dr $2,048
To discount payable A/c Cr $158
To cash A/c Cr $1,890
(Being the first interest payment that is recorded)
Note:
Interest expense
= $58,523 × 7% × 6 months ÷ 12
= $2,048
Cash
= $63,000 × 6% × 6 months ÷ 12
= $1,890