On July 1, 2014, Ellsbury Inc. entered into a contract to deliver one of its specialty machines to Kickapoo Landscaping Co. The contract requires Kickapoo to pay the contract price of $2,500 in advance on July 15, 2014. Kickapoo pays Ellsbury on July 15, 2014, and Ellsbury delivers the machine (with cost of $1,600) on July 31, 2014.Instructionsa. Prepare the journal entry on July 1, 2014, for Ellsbury. b. Prepare the journal entry on July 15, 2014, for Ellsbury. c. Prepare the journal entry on July 31, 2014, for Ellsbury.

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The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out

Lindon company is the exclusive distributor for an automotive product that sells for $30.00 per unit and has a cm ratio of 30%. the company’s fixed expenses are $162,000 per year. the company plans to sell 20,200 units this year. required: 1. what are the variable expenses per unit? (round your "per unit" answer to 2 decimal places.) 2. what is the break-even point in unit sales and in dollar sales? 3. what amount of unit sales and dollar sales is required to attain a target profit of $72,000 per year? 4. assume that by using a more efficient shipper, the company is able to reduce its variable expenses by $3.00 per unit. what is the company’s new break-even point in unit sales and in dollar sales? what dollar sales is required to attain a target profit of $72,000?