Olinick Corporation is considering a project that would require an investment of $334,000 and would last for 8 years. The incremental annual revenues and expenses generated by the project during those 8 years would be as follows (Ignore income taxes.):

Sales $ 230,000
Variable expenses 18,000
Contribution margin 212,000
Fixed expenses:
Salaries 36,000
Rents 49,000
Depreciation 44,000
Total fixed expenses 129,000
Net operating income $ 83,000
The scrap value of the project's assets at the end of the project would be $26,000. The cash inflows occur evenly throughout the year. The payback period of the project is closest to:

Multiple Choice

2.6 years

4.0 years

2.5 years

3.1 years

The management of a private investment club has a fund of $250,000 earmarked for investment in stocks. to arrive at an acceptable overall level of risk, the stocks that management is considering have been classified into three categories: high risk (x), medium risk (y), and low risk (z). management estimates that high risk stocks will have a rate of return of 15%/year; medium risk stocks, 10%/year; and low risk stocks, 6%/year. the amount of money invested in low risk stocks is to be twice the sum of the amount invested in stocks of the other two categories. if the investment goal is to have a rate of return of 9% on the total investment, determine how much the club should invest in each type of stock. (assume that all the money available for investment is invested.)

Prior to its closing, income summary had total debits of $1,190,500 and total credits of $1,476,300. what purpose is served by the income summary account and what is the nature of the entries that resulted in the $1,190,500 and the $1,476,300? the income summary account is used to the accounts. the $1,190,500 represents the , and the $1,476,300 represents . the company had of $ .

Acompany using the perpetual inventory system purchased inventory worth $540,000 on account with credit terms of 2/15, n/45. defective inventory of $40,000 was returned 2 days later, and the accounts were appropriately adjusted. if the company paid the invoice 20 days later, the journal entry to record the payment would be