The following data are available from the accounting records of Willow Creek Co. for the month ended May 31. During the accounting period, 17,000 units were manufactured and sold at a price of $60 per unit. There were no beginning inventories, and all units were completed (no work in process). Cost Total Cost Number of Units Unit Cost Manufacturing costs: Variable $442,000 17,000 $26 Fixed 170,000 17,000 10 Total $612,000 $36 Selling and administrative expenses: Variable ($2 per unit sold) $34,000 Fixed 32,000 Total $66,000 a. Prepare a variable costing income statement. Willow Creek Co. Variable Costing Income Statement For the Month Ended May 31 $ Manufacturing margin $ Contribution margin $ Fixed costs: $ Income from operations $ b. Prepare an absorption costing income statement. Willow Creek Co. Absorption Costing Income Statement For the Month Ended May 31 $ $ Income from operations $

The owners of backstreets italian restaurant are considering starting a delivery service forpizza and their other italian dishes in the small college town where they are located. theycan purchase a used delivery van and have it painted with their name and logo for $21,500.they can hire part-time drivers who will work in the evenings from 5 p. m. to 10 p. m. for$8 per hour. the drivers are mostly college students who study at the restaurant when theyare not making deliveries. during the day, there are so few deliveries that the regular employeescan handle them. the owners estimate that the van will last 5 years (365 days per year)before it has to be replaced and that each delivery will cost about $1.35 in gas and othermaintenance costs (including tires, oil, scheduled service, they also estimate that onaverage each delivery order will cost $15 for direct labor and ingredients to prepare andpackage, and will generate $34 in revenue. a. how many delivery orders must backstreets make each month in order for the service to break even? b. the owners believe that if they have approximately the break-even number of deliveries during the week, they will at least double that number on fridays, saturdays, and sundays. if that’s the case, how much profit will they make, at a minimum, from their delivery service each month (4 weeks per month)?

You have just been hired as a financial analyst for barrington industries. unfortunately, company headquarters (where all of the firm's records are kept) has been destroyed by fire. so, your first job will be to recreate the firm's cash flow statement for the year just ended. the firm had $100,000 in the bank at the end of the prior year, and its working capital accounts except cash remained constant during the year. it earned $5 million in net income during the year but paid $800,000 in dividends to common shareholders. throughout the year, the firm purchased $5.5 million of machinery that was needed for a new project. you have just spoken to the firm's accountants and learned that annual depreciation expense for the year is $450,000; however, the purchase price for the machinery represents additions to property, plant, and equipment before depreciation. finally, you have determined that the only financing done by the firm was to issue long-term debt of $1 million at a 6% interest rate. what was the firm's end- of-year cash balance? recreate the firm's cash flow statement to arrive at your answer

What do you think: would it be more profitable to own 200 shares of penny’s pickles or 1 share of exxon? why do you think that?