The following information is available for Murphy Company: Allowance for doubtful accounts at December 31, 2019 $ 24,000 Credit sales during 2020 1,200,000 Accounts receivable deemed worthless and written off during 2020 27,000 As a result of a review and aging of accounts receivable in early January 2021, it has been determined that an allowance for doubtful accounts of $16,000 is needed at December 31, 2020. What amount should Murphy record as "bad debt expense" for the year ended December 31, 2020? Group of answer choices $40,000 $16,000 $19,000 $13,000

Suppose that a paving company produces paved parking spaces (q) using a fixed quantity of land (t) and variable quantities of cement (c) and labor (l). the firm is currently paving 1,000 parking spaces. the firm's cost of cement is $3 comma 600.003,600.00 per acre covered (c) and its cost of labor is $35.0035.00/hour (w). for the quantities of c and l that the firm has chosen, mp subscript upper c baseline equals 60mpc=60 and mp subscript upper l baseline equals 7mpl=7. is this firm minimizing its cost of producing parking spaces?

Eon inc., electravia inc., and fc inc., the three largest firms in the consumer electronics industry, hold close to 85 percent of the industry's market share. these companies mainly compete against each other by providing unique features in their products rather than pricing them low. these firms are interdependent, and each firm must consider the strategic actions of its competitors. which of the following industry competitive structures does this scenario best illustrate? monopolistic competition oligopoly monopoly perfect competition

Aplant manager is considering buying additional stamping machines to accommodate increasing demand. the alternatives are to buy 1 machine, 2 machines, or 3 machines. the profits realized under each alternative are a function of whether their bid for a recent defense contract is accepted or not. the payoff table below illustrates the profits realized (in $000's) based on the different scenarios faced by the manager. alternative bid accepted bid rejected buy 1 machine $10 $5 buy 2 machines $30 $4 buy 3 machines $40 $2 refer to the information above. assume that based on historical bids with the defense contractor, the plant manager believes that there is a 65% chance that the bid will be accepted and a 35% chance that the bid will be rejected. what is the expected value under perfect information (evpi)?