Decker Enterprises Below are the simplified current and projected financial statements for Decker Enterprises. All of Decker's assets are operating assets. All of Decker's current liabilities are operating liabilities. Income statement Current Projected Sales na 1,500 Costs na 1,080 Profit before tax na 420 Taxes (25%) na 105 Net income na 315 Dividends na 95 Balance sheets Current Projected Current Projected Current assets 100 115 Current liabilities 70 81 Net fixed assets 1,200 1,440 Long-term debt 300 360 Common stock 500 500 Retained earnings 430 650 If Decker had a financing surplus, it could remedy the situation by a. issuing more common stock. b. paying a special dividend c. reducing its dividend. d. borrowing on its line of credit. e. borrowing from its retained earnings

Two assets have the following expected returns and standard deviations when the risk-free rate is 5%: asset a e(ra) = 18.5% σa = 20% asset b e(rb) = 15% σb = 27% an investor with a risk aversion of a = 3 would find that on a risk-return basis. a. only asset a is acceptable b. only asset b is acceptable c. neither asset a nor asset b is acceptable d. both asset a and asset b are acceptable

Alarge university wanted to study the relationship between completing an internship during college and students' future earning potential. prom the same graduating class, they selected a random sample of 80 students who completed an internship and 100 students who did not complete an internship and examined their salaries five years after graduation. they found that there was a statistically higher mean salary for the internship group than for the noninternship group. which of the following interpretations is the most appropriate? a. there could be a confounding variable, such as student major, that explains the difference in mean salary between the internship and no internship groups.b. we cannot infer anything from these data since the distribution of salaries is likely right skewed.c. you cannot draw any valid conclusions because the sample sizes are different.d. more students should complete internships because having an internship produces a higher salary.

The cost of direct labor used in production is recorded as a? a. credit to work-in-process inventory account. b. credit to wages payable. c. credit to manufacturing overhead account. d. credit to wages expense.