The retained earnings are affected by the net income or loss or any amount paid to the shareholders as dividends. The retained earnings balance as of December 31, 2016 shall be calculated as follows:
Retained earnings, December 31, 2015 $ 313,700
Less: Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2016 -$4,850
Less: Dividends declared and paid in 2016 -$17,000
Retained earnings, December 31, 2016 $291,850
Hence, the retained earnings balance as of December 31, 2016 is <u>$291,850</u>
Answer: D
Explanation:
We are given a comparison between 'economic growth' and 'growth energy consumption' and told that the first increased and the second did not. We are also told that a certain amount of oil is being saved by energy improvements. As it is difficult to infer a likely answer in 'must or could be true' type questions, we'll go over all of the options, the Alternative approach.
A. We have no information on the relative ease of finding new sources of oil. No
B. We have no information on how to reduce oil imports. No
C. We have no information on what caused energy consumption to remain steady. No
D. This is exactly what happened so is true. This is almost certainly our answer, let's go over (Correct )
E. We have no information on the link between development of energy sources and growth. No
(D) is our answer; note that all other answers explicitly added information not in the original passage. This is what you need to watch out for in these types of questions.
Answer:
net income = $106,000
Explanation:
net income = total revenues - total expenses = $772,000 - $666,000 = $106,000
Any additional capital raised will increase the company's cash flows (financing activity) and any dividends distributed will decrease them (another financing activity), but they do not affect the company's net income.
Answer:
25%
Explanation:
Using simple trend, to calculate the predicted sales/profit of 2018, we use;
(percentage sales of 2017 - percentage sales of 2016) ÷ percentage sales of 2016.
we have,
percentage sales in 2018 = <u>20 - 16</u>
16
= <u>4</u>
16
= 0.25.
Percentage sales in 2018 = 25% i.e 0.25 x 100%
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