Simon Company's year-end balance sheets follow. At December 2017 2016 2015
Assets
Cash $25,396 $29,685 $30,922
Accounts receivable, net 89,900 63,000 57,000
Merchandise inventory 100,500 84,000 60,000
Prepaid expenses 8,178 7,792 3,436
Plant assets, net 200,810 190,337 164,142
Total assets $434,784 $374,814 $315,500
Liabilities and Equity
Accounts payable $107,179 $62,710 $41,230
Long-term notes payable secured by mortgages on plant assets
80,922 85,345 69,028
Common stock, $10 par value 162,500 162,500 162,500
Retained earnings 84,183 64,259 42,742
Total liabilities and equity $434,784 $374,814 $315,500
The company's income statements for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, follow. Assume that all sales are on credit:
For Year Ended December 31 2017 2016
Sales $565,219 $446,029
Cost of goods sold $344,784 $289,919
Other operating expenses 175,218 112,845
Interest expense 9,609 10,259
Income taxes 7,348 6,690
Total costs and expenses 536,959 419,713
Net income $28,260 $26,316
Earnings per share $1.74 $1.62
Compute days' sales uncollected.

Uestion 7 you hold a portfolio consisting of a $5,000 investment in each of 20 different stocks. the portfolio beta is equal to 1.12. you have decided to sell a coal mining stock (b = 1.00) at $5,000 net and use the proceeds to buy a like amount of a mineral rights company stock (b = 2.00). what is the new beta of the portfolio?

Xyz corporation has provided the following data concerning manufacturing overhead for july: actual manufacturing overhead incurred $ 69,000 manufacturing overhead applied to work in process $ 79,000 the company's cost of goods sold was $243,000 prior to closing out its manufacturing overhead account. the company closes out its manufacturing overhead account to cost of goods sold. which of the following statements is true? multiple choice manufacturing overhead was overapplied by $10,000; cost of goods sold after closing out the manufacturing overhead account is $253,000 manufacturing overhead was underapplied by $10,000; cost of goods sold after closing out the manufacturing overhead account is $233,000 manufacturing overhead was underapplied by $10,000; cost of goods sold after closing out the manufacturing overhead account is $253,000 manufacturing overhead was overapplied by $10,000; cost of goods sold after closing out the manufacturing overhead account is $233,000

Cardinal company is considering a project that would require a $2,725,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years. at the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would be sold for its salvage value of $400,000. the company’s discount rate is 14%. the project would provide net operating income each year as follows: sales $2,867,000 variable expenses 1,125,000 contribution margin 1,742,000 fixed expenses: advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs $706,000 depreciation 465,000 total fixed expenses 1,171,000 net operating income $571,000 1. which item(s) in the income statement shown above will not affect cash flows? (you may select more than one answer. single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.) (a)sales (b)variable expenses (c) advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs expenses (d) depreciation expense 2. what are the project’s annual net cash inflows? 3.what is the present value of the project’s annual net cash inflows? (use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.) 4.what is the present value of the equipment’s salvage value at the end of five years? (use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.) 5.what is the project’s net present value? (use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)