1(b): you are the operations manager at your firm. due to a pre-existing contract, you have the opportunity (but not the obligation) to acquire 30,000 barrels of gasoline and 50,000 barrels of heating oil for a total cost of $7,500,000. the current market price of gasoline is $2.0785 per gallon and for heating oil is $93.08 per barrel. one barrel = 42 gallons. you are not sure that your firm needs all of the gasoline or heating oil. as a result, you are wondering if you should take this opportunity. should you accept or reject this opportunity?

Which of the following statements regarding the learning curve and economies of scale is accurate? answers: just as diseconomies of scale are presumed to exist if a firm gets too large, there is a corresponding increase in costs in the learning-curve model as the cumulative volume of production grows. where diseconomies of scale are presumed to exist if a firm gets too large, there is no corresponding increase in costs in the learning-curve model as the cumulative volume of production grows. where diseconomies of scale are presumed to exist if a firm gets too small, there is no corresponding increase in costs in the learning-curve model as the cumulative volume of production grows. just as diseconomies of scale are presumed to exist if a firm gets too small, there is a corresponding increase in costs in the learning-curve model as the cumulative volume of production grows.

Colah company purchased $1.8 million of jackson, inc. 8% bonds at par on july 1, 2018, with interest paid semi-annually. when the bonds were acquired colah decided to elect the fair value option for accounting for its investment. at december 31, 2018, the jackson bonds had a fair value of $2.08 million. colah sold the jackson bonds on july 1, 2019 for $1,620,000. the purchase of the jackson bonds on july 1. interest revenue for the last half of 2018. any year-end 2018 adjusting entries. interest revenue for the first half of 2019. any entry or entries necessary upon sale of the jackson bonds on july 1, 2019. required: 1. prepare colah's journal entries for above transaction.

Bond x is noncallable and has 20 years to maturity, a 7% annual coupon, and a $1,000 par value. your required return on bond x is 10%; if you buy it, you plan to hold it for 5 years. you (and the market) have expectations that in 5 years, the yield to maturity on a 15-year bond with similar risk will be 9.5%. how much should you be willing to pay for bond x today? (hint: you will need to know how much the bond will be worth at the end of 5 years.) do not round intermediate calculations. round your answer to the nearest cent.