A large St. Louis feed​ mill, Robert Orwig​ Processing, prepares its​ 6-month aggregate plan by forecasting demand for​ 50-pound bags of cattle feed as​ follows: January, 1 comma 100 ​bags; February, 1 comma 500​; ​March, 1 comma 350​; ​April, 1 comma 550​; ​May, 1 comma 600​; and​ June, 1 comma 600. The feed mill plans to begin the new year with no inventory left over from the previous year and backorders are not permitted. It projects that capacity​ (during regular​ hours) for producing bags of feed will remain constant at 900 until the end of​ April, and then increase to 1 comma 200 bags per month when a planned expansion is completed on May 1. Overtime capacity is set at 400 bags per month until the​ expansion, at which time it will increase to 500 bags per month. A friendly competitor in Sioux​ City, Iowa, is also available as a backup source to meet demand long dash but can provide only 300 bags total during the​ 6-month period. Develop a

On july 1, 2016, killearn company acquired 103,000 of the outstanding shares of shaun company for $21 per share. this acquisition gave killearn a 40 percent ownership of shaun and allowed killearn to significantly influence the investee's decisions. as of july 1, 2016, the investee had assets with a book value of $6 million and liabilities of $1,468,500. at the time, shaun held equipment appraised at $140,000 above book value; it was considered to have a seven-year remaining life with no salvage value. shaun also held a copyright with a five-year remaining life on its books that was undervalued by $562,500. any remaining excess cost was attributable to goodwill. depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method. killearn applies the equity method for its investment in shaun. shaun's policy is to declare and pay a $1 per share cash dividend every april 1 and october 1. shaun's income, earned evenly throughout each year, was $580,000 in 2016, $606,600 in 2017, and $649,200 in 2018. in addition, killearn sold inventory costing $93,000 to shaun for $155,000 during 2017. shaun resold $97,500 of this inventory during 2017 and the remaining $57,500 during 2018.a. determine the equity income to be recognized by killearn during each of these years. 2016 2017 2018b. compute killearn’s investment in shaun company’s balance as of december 31, 2018.

Sauer food company has decided to buy a new computer system with an expected life of three years. the cost is $440,000. the company can borrow $440,000 for three years at 14 percent annual interest or for one year at 12 percent annual interest. assume interest is paid in full at the end of each year. a. how much would sauer food company save in interest over the three-year life of the computer system if the one-year loan is utilized and the loan is rolled over (reborrowed) each year at the same 12 percent rate? compare this to the 14 percent three-year loan.

Abank has $132,000 in excess reserves and the required reserve ratio is 11 percent. this means the bank could have in checkable deposit liabilities and in (total) reserves.