Depreciation is a a cost that cannot be affected by any future action. a. step cost b. sunk cost c. mixed cost d. opportunity cost e. none of these choices are correct.

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out

The monthly demand equation for an electric utility company is estimated to be p equals 60 minus left parenthesis 10 superscript negative 5 baseline right parenthesis x, where p is measured in dollars and x is measured in thousands of killowatt-hours. the utility has fixed costs of $3 comma 000 comma 000 per month and variable costs of $32 per 1000 kilowatt-hours of electricity generated, so the cost function is upper c left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 32 x. (a) find the value of x and the corresponding price for 1000 kilowatt-hours that maximize the utility's profit. (b) suppose that the rising fuel costs increase the utility's variable costs from $32 to $38, so its new cost function is upper c 1 left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 38 x. should the utility pass all this increase of $6 per thousand kilowatt-hours on to the consumers?

Need with an adjusting journal entrycmc records depreciation and amortization expense annually. they do not use an accumulated amortization account. (i. e. amortization expense is recorded with a debit to amort. exp and a credit to the patent.) annual depreciation rates are 7% for buildings/equipment/furniture, no salvage. (round to the nearest whole dollar.) annual amortization rates are 10% of original cost, straight-line method, no salvage. cmc owns two patents: patent #fj101 and patent #cq510. patent #cq510 was acquired on october 1, 2016. patent #fj101 was acquired on april 1, 2018 for $119,000. the last time depreciation & amortization were recorded was december 31, 2017.before adjustment: land: 348791equpment and furniture: 332989building: 876418patents 217000