Jackie borrowed $1,000 from Uncle John in 1975, with repayment due in 1977. Jackie never repays the loan and Uncle John never attempts to collect it. In 2004, Jackie writes Uncle John a letter stating that she is sorry that she did not repay the debt and encloses a check for $100 toward repayment. Uncle John cashes the check. He dies of a heart attack one week later. Uncle John's heirs find the letter and sue Jackie to collect the remaining $900 balance. Will they succeed in their suit? Explain?

Gideon company uses the allowance method of accounting for uncollectible accounts. on may 3, the gideon company wrote off the $2,200 uncollectible account of its customer, a. hopkins. on july 10, gideon received a check for the full amount of $2,200 from hopkins. the entry or entries gideon makes to record the write off of the account on may 3 is:

(30 total points) suppose a firm’s production function is given by q = l1/2*k1/2. the marginal product of labor and the marginal product of capital are given by: mpl = 1/ 2 1/ 2 2l k , and mpk = 1/ 2 1/ 2 2k l . a) (12 points) if the price of labor is w = 48, and the price of capital is r = 12, how much labor and capital should the firm hire in order to minimize the cost of production if the firm wants to produce output q = 18?

He cheyenne hotel in big sky, montana, has accumulated records of the total electrical costs of the hotel and the number of occupancy-days over the last year. an occupancy-day represents a room rented out for one day. the hotel's business is highly seasonal, with peaks occurring during the ski season and in the summer. month occupancy- days electrical costs january 1,736 $ 4,127 february 1,904 $ 4,207 march 2,356 $ 5,083 april 960 $ 2,857 may 360 $ 1,871 june 744 $ 2,696 july 2,108 $ 4,670 august 2,406 $ 5,148 september 840 $ 2,691 october 124 $ 1,588 november 720 $ 2,454 december 1,364 $ 3,529 required: 1. using the high-low method, estimate the fixed cost of electricity per month and the variable cost of electricity per occupancy-day. (do not round your intermediate calculations. round your variable cost answer to 2 decimal places and fixed cost element answer to nearest whole dollar amount) 2. what other factors other than occupancy-days are likely to affect the variation in electrical costs from month to month? (you may select more than one answer. single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer.) seasonal factors like winter or summer. systematic factors like guests, switching off fans and lights. number of days present in a month. fixed salary paid to hotel receptionist. income taxes paid on hotel income.