The cost of insurance scams totals over __________

1. Explain the concept of opportunity cost with an appropriate example.<br>

inn [45]

Answer:

Concept & example of Opportunity Cost

Explanation:

Opportunity Cost is the cost of next best alternative foregone, while choosing an alternative. This arises because of 'choice' problem, due to unlimited wants & limited resources - having alternative uses.

Eg : If I can have 2 chapatis or a bowl of rice. And, I eat a bowl of rice. Then, 'opportunity cost' of a rice bowl is - the next best available '2 chapattis' foregone for the former.

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2 years ago

Eastern Electric currently pays a dividend of about $1.64 per share and sells for $27 a share.

Gre4nikov [31]

Answer:

a. 9.07%

b. 5.93%

c. 12.07%

Explanation:

Dividend valuation method is used to calculate the the value of stock based on the dividend paid, its growth rate and rate of return.

Stock Price = Dividend / ( Rate of return - Growth rate )

a.

$27 = $1.64 / ( Rate of return - 3% )

Rate of return - 0.03 = $1.64 / $27

Rate of return - 0.03 = 0.0607

Rate of return = 0.0607 + 0.03

Rate of return = 0.0907 = 9.07%

b.

$27 = $1.64 / ( 12% - Growth rate )

0.12 - Growth rate = $1.64 / $27

0.12 - Growth rate = 0.0607

Growth rate = 0.12 - 0.0607

Growth rate = 0.0593 = 5.93%

c.

$27 = $1.64 / ( Rate of return - 6% )

Rate of return - 0.06 = $1.64 / $27

Rate of return - 0.06 = 0.0607

Rate of return = 0.0607 + 0.06

Rate of return = 0.1207 = 12.07%

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3 years ago

Vaughn Corporation had 303,000 shares of common stock outstanding on January 1, 2017. On May 1, Vaughn issued 31,200 shares.

Helga [31]

Answer and Explanation:

The computation of the weighted-average number of shares outstanding in each cases is as follows:

a. At the time when the shares are issued at cash

= (303,000 × 12 ÷ 12) + (31,200 × 8 ÷ 12)

= 303,000 + 20,800

= 323,800 shares

b. At the time when the shares are issued in the stock dividend

= (303,000 × 12 ÷ 12) + (29,700 × 12 ÷ 12)

= 303,000 + 29,700

= 332,700 shares

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3 years ago

At Davide Corporation, direct materials are added at the beginning of the process and conversions costs are uniformly applied. O

soldi70 [24.7K]

Answer and Explanation:

For materials

Equivalent completed units = Completed units + WIP ending

= 111,700 + 20,300

= 132,000 units

Cost of materials = Beginning WIP + Cost of materials added

= 22,300 + 370,000

= $392,300

Cost of material per units = 392,300 ÷ 132,000

= $2.97197

For conversions

Equivalent completed units = Completed units + WIP ending

= 111,700 + 20,300 × 30%

= 117,790 units

Cost of Conversion = Beginning WIP + Cost of conversion added

= 19,700 + 280,000

= $299,700

Cost of conversion per units = 299,700 ÷ 117,790

= $2.54436

Total cost of units completed and transferred out

= 111,700 × (2.97197 + 2.54436)

= $616,174

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3 years ago

F. in late 2010 hca announced an intended dividend recapitalization in which it would pay a $2 billion dividend to shareholders

Andrews [41]

Answer:

The times interest earned ratio will reduce

Explanation:

The times interest earned ratio is a ratio that looks at how many times a companies earnings from operations can cover the loan interest it has to pay in a year.

It is calculated by the formula Earnings Before Interest and Tax divided by the interest expense.

Therefore looking at the scenario, if HCA increases its debt level by issuing a $1.53 billion bond, this will increase its interest expense significantly and the number of times its earnings will cover its interest expense will be remarkably lower.

Therefore the times interest earned ratio will reduce

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3 years ago

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The cost of insurance scams totals over ___________ dollars a year