Lumpkin company sells lamps and other lighting fixtures. the purchasing department manager prepared the following inventory purchases budget. lumpkin’s policy is to maintain an ending inventory balance equal to 10 percent of the following month’s cost of goods sold. april’s budgeted cost of goods sold is $40,000. determine the amount of cost of goods sold the company will report on its first quarter pro forma income statement.

Thirty years ago daniel bought a plot of land for $50,000 when the cpi was 50. now the cpi is 180 and he sold the land for $180,000. what issue might inflation cause for daniel?

Walter wants to deposit $1,500 into a certificate of deposit at the end of each ofthe next 6 years. the deposits will earn 5 percent compound annual interest. ifwalter follows through with his plan, approximately how much will be in his accountimmediately after the sixth deposit is made?

Mr. smith recently faced a choice between being (a) an economics profes-sor, which pays $60,000/yr, or (b) a safari leader, which pays $50,000/yr. after careful deliberation, smith took the safari job, but it was a close call. "for a dollar more," he said, "i'd have gone the other way."now smith's brother-in-law approaches him with a business proposition. the terms are as follows: - smith must resign his safari job to work full-time in his brother-in-law's business.- smith must give his brother-in-law an interest-free loan of $100,000, which will be repaid in full if and when smith leaves the business. (smith currently has much more than $100,000 in the the business will pay smith a salary of $70,000/yr. he will receive no other payment from the business. the interest rate is 10 percent per year. apart from salary considerations, smith feels that working in the business would be just as enjoyable as being an economics professor. for simplicity, assume there is no uncertainty regarding either smith's salary in the proposed business or the security of his monetary investment in it. should smith join his brother-in-law and, if so, how small would smith's salary from the business have to be to make it not worthwhile for him to join? if not, how large would smith's salary from the business have to be to make it worthwhile for him to join?