Jump company uses the direct method to prepare its statement of cash flows. refer to the following information reported for 2017: cost of goods sold, $153,000 merchandise inventory, beginningbalance, $28,000 merchandise inventory, ending balance, $60,000 accounts payable, beginning balance, $8,100 accounts payable, ending balance, $5,100 operating expenses, $27,000 accruedliabilities, beginning balance, $2,900 accrued liabilities, ending balance, $6,000 use the direct method to compute the cash paid to suppliers. (accrued liabilities relate to operatingexpenses.)

a. $188,000
b. $164,100
c. $163,900
d. $211,900

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If a team of three workers, each making the u.s. federal minimum wage, produced these 12 rugs, what would the total labor cost be? don't forget that these workers would be working overtime.

Calculate the cost of each capital component—in other words, the after-tax cost of debt, the cost of preferred stock (including flotation costs), and the cost of equity (ignoring flotation costs). use both the capm method and the dividend growth approach to find the cost of equity.calculate the cost of new stock using the dividend growth approach.what is the cost of new common stock based on the capm? (hint: find the difference between re and rs as determined by the dividend growth approach and then add that difference to the capm value for rs.)assuming that gao will not issue new equity and will continue to use the same target capital structure, what is the company’s wacc? e. suppose gao is evaluating three projects with the following characteristics.each project has a cost of $1 million. they will all be financed using the target mix of long-term debt, preferred stock, and common equity. the cost of the common equity for each project should be based on the beta estimated for the project. all equity will come from reinvested earnings.equity invested in project a would have a beta of 0.5 and an expected return of 9.0%.equity invested in project b would have a beta of 1.0 and an expected return of 10.0%.equity invested in project c would have a beta of 2.0 and an expected return of 11.0%.analyze the company’s situation, and explain why each project should be accepted or rejected g