How much would you have to invest today in the bank at an interest rate of 8% to have an annuity of $4,800 per year for 7 years, with nothing left in the bank at the end of the 7 years

Wallis company manufactures only one product and uses a standard cost system. the company uses a predetermined plantwide overhead rate that relies on direct labor-hours as the allocation base. all of the company's manufacturing overhead costs are fixed—it does not incur any variable manufacturing overhead costs. the predetermined overhead rate is based on a cost formula that estimated $2,886,000 of fixed manufacturing overhead for an estimated allocation base of 288,600 direct labor-hours. wallis does not maintain any beginning or ending work in process inventory.

How has apple been able to sustain its competitive advantage in the smartphone industry? a. by reducing its network effects b. by targeting its new products and services toward laggards c. by driving the price for the end user to zero d. by regularly introducing incremental improvements in its products

Georgia orchards produced a good crop of peaches this year. after preparing the following income statement, the company is concerned about the net loss on its no. 3 peaches. georgia orchards income statement for year ended december 31, 2017 no. 1 no. 2 no. 3 combined sales (by grade) no. 1: 300,000 ibs. @ $1.50/lb $ 450,000 no. 2: 300,000 ibs. @ $1.00/lb $ 300,000 no. 3: 750,000 ibs. @ $0.25/lb $ 187,500 total sales $ 937,500 costs tree pruning and care @ $0.30/ib 90,000 90,000 225,000 405,000 picking, sorting, and grading @ $0.15/ib 45,000 45,000 112,500 202,500 delivery costs 15,000 15,000 37,500 67,500 total costs 150,000 150,000 375,000 675,000 net income (loss) $ 300,000 $ 150,000 $ (187,500 ) $ 262,500 in preparing this statement, the company allocated joint costs among the grades on a physical basis as an equal amount per pound. the company’s delivery cost records show that $30,000 of the $67,500 relates to crating the no. 1 and no. 2 peaches and hauling them to the buyer. the remaining $37,500 of delivery costs is for crating the no. 3 peaches and hauling them to the cannery. required: 1. prepare reports showing cost allocations on a sales value basis to the three grades of peaches. separate the delivery costs into the amounts directly identifiable with each grade. then allocate any shared delivery costs on the basis of the relative sales value of each grade. (do not round intermediate calculations.)