The ledger of whispering winds corp. at the end of the current year shows accounts receivable $108,000; sales revenue $849,000; and sales returns and allowances $24,500. (a) if whispering winds uses the direct write-off method to account for uncollectible accounts, journalize the adjusting entry at december 31, assuming whispering winds determines that l. dole’s $1,700 balance is uncollectible. (b) if allowance for doubtful accounts has a credit balance of $2,200 in the trial balance, journalize the adjusting entry at december 31, assuming bad debts are expected to be 14% of accounts receivable. (c) if allowance for doubtful accounts has a debit balance of $211 in the trial balance, journalize the adjusting entry at december 31, assuming bad debts are expected to be 5% of accounts receivable.

At the end of the current year, accounts receivable has a balance of $550,000; allowance for doubtful accounts has a credit balance of $5,500; and sales for the year total $2,500,000. an analysis of receivables estimates uncollectible receivables as $25,000. determine the net realizable value of accounts receivable after adjustment. (hint: determine the amount of the adjusting entry for bad debt expense and the adjusted balance of allowance of doubtful accounts.)

The management of a supermarket wants to adopt a new promotional policy of giving a free gift to every customer who spends > a certain amount per visit at this supermarket. the expectation of the management is that after this promotional policy is advertised, the expenditures for all customers at this supermarket will be normally distributed with a mean of $95 and a standard deviation of $20. if the management wants to give free gifts to at most 10% of the customers, what should the amount be above which a customer would receive a free gift?

Problem 3: access control pokeygram, a cutting-edge new email start-up, is setting up building access for its employees. there are two types of employees: managers and engineers, and there are three departments: security, networking, and human resoures. each employee works in a single department, and each department is housed on a different floor. managers are allowed access to any floor, while engineers are allowed access only to their own floor. there are three badge-operated elevators, each going up to only one distinct floor. every employee has one badge. pokeygram wants to use the best possible access control method in order to minimize delay for the elevators (a) access control matrix, 1. which of the following would you recommend that pokeygram use: (b) access control lists, or (c) capabilities? make sure to justify your answer. 2. what, if any, would be the benefits (and/or disadvantages) of using rbac (role-based access control) in this situation? keep your solution for this problem limited to 10-12 lines of text.