During 2017, Skysong Inc. changed from LIFO to FIFO inventory pricing. Skysong began operations in 2015 and its pretax income in 2016 and 2015 under LIFO was $530,000 and $625,000, respectively. Pretax income using FIFO pricing in the prior years would have been $561,000 in 2015 and $675,000 in 2016. In 2017, Skysong reported pretax income using FIFO pricing of $644,000. Show comparative income statements for Skysong beginning with "Income before income tax," as presented in the 2017 income statement. The tax rate for all years is 30%.

River corp's total assets at the end of last year were $415,000 and its net income was $32,750. what was its return on total assets? a. 7.89%b. 8.29%c. 8.70%d. 9.14%e. 9.59%

The monthly demand equation for an electric utility company is estimated to be p equals 60 minus left parenthesis 10 superscript negative 5 baseline right parenthesis x, where p is measured in dollars and x is measured in thousands of killowatt-hours. the utility has fixed costs of $3 comma 000 comma 000 per month and variable costs of $32 per 1000 kilowatt-hours of electricity generated, so the cost function is upper c left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 32 x. (a) find the value of x and the corresponding price for 1000 kilowatt-hours that maximize the utility's profit. (b) suppose that the rising fuel costs increase the utility's variable costs from $32 to $38, so its new cost function is upper c 1 left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 38 x. should the utility pass all this increase of $6 per thousand kilowatt-hours on to the consumers?

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