On december 31, year 1, a publicly traded entity identified a tax position that will result in a $100,000 tax benefit that qualifies for measurement and should be recognized. the entity has considered the amounts and possible outcomes of the position being sustained upon examination as follows: possible individual cumulative estimated probability of probability of outcome occurring occurring
$100,000 20% 20%
$30,000 35% 55%
$10,000 45% 100% 100%
what amount should be recognized as the tax benefit as of december 31, year 1?
a.$0
b.$10,000
c.$30,000
d.$100,000

Which economic system could be characterized by the "iron fist", meaning a central authority figure has control over most of the economy? market economy command economy traditional economy free enterprise economy

Acompany manufactures hair dryers. it buys some of the components, but it makes the heating element, which it can produce at the rate of 920 per day. hair dryers are assembled daily, 250 days a year, at a rate of 360 per day. because of the disparity between the production and usage rates, the heating elements are periodically produced in batches of 2,300 units. a. approximately how many batches of heating elements are produced annually? b. if production on a batch begins when there is no inventory of heating elements on hand, how much inventory will be on hand 4 days later? c. what is the average inventory of elements, assuming each production cycle begins when there are none on hand?

wilson's has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a market price of $35 a share. the firm also has a bond issue outstanding with a total face value of $250,000 which is selling for 102 percent of face value. the cost of equity is 11 percent while the preminustax cost of debt is 8 percent. the firm has a beta of 1.1 and a tax rate of 34 percent. what is wilson's weighted average cost of capital?