Xenon Inc.’s August 31 bank statement had an ending cash balance of $2,567. On August 31, Xenon’s general ledger showed a balance of $860. After comparing the general ledger to the bank statement the following items were noted: Outstanding checks: $2,250 Interest paid by the bank: $12 An NSF check from one of Xenon’s customers: $32 Deposits in transit: $1,900 A service fee charged by the bank: $8 A direct deposit from a customer: $1400 Check #345 was written at Acme Insurance; the amount of the check was $615. It was recorded in the general ledger for $600. Prepare a bank reconciliation for Xenon, Inc.

Down under products, ltd., of australia has budgeted sales of its popular boomerang for the next four months as follows: unit salesapril 74,000may 85,000june 114,000july 92,000the company is now in the process of preparing a production budget for the second quarter. past experience has shown that end-of-month inventory levels must equal 10% of the following month’s unit sales. the inventory at the end of march was 7,400 units.required: prepare a production budget by month and in total, for the second quarter.

1. revising for conciseness - eliminating flabby expressions,limiting long lead-ins, and dropping unnecessary fillerstime is money in any business environment. people want information communicated quickly and clearly. to make your writing more concise and understandable, avoid flabby expressions, long lead-ins, and unnecessary fillers. your audience will appreciate your brevity.1. if your writing contains a flabby expression like in view of the fact that, replace it with the word because / although / probably .for each of the following two sentences, choose the best revision.2. i am sending you this letter to inform you that we have experienced an unexpected surprise within our expense sheet, but we are positively certain we will solve it.1) we need to inform you that we have experienced an unexpected surprise with our expense sheet, but we are midway to an end result.2) we have identified a problem with our expense sheet, but we will solve it.3) i am sending you this letter to inform you that we have a problem with our expense sheet, but we are positively certain we have a solution.3. it is the user who should contact the center.1) everyone knows that it is the user who should contact the center.2) the user should contact the center.3) if there is a problem, the user should contact the center.read the following passage, and then answer the question.[1] you scheduled seven conference calls for this morning between 10 and 11 a.m. [2] generally, the company limits the number of conference calls to three per hour. [3] i’m letting you know that in the future, we should be more careful about scheduling.4. which revision limits the long lead-in in sentence 3? 1) in the future, we should be more careful about scheduling.2) i’m letting you know so that in the future we are more careful about scheduling calls.3) so that you know in the future, we should be more careful about scheduling.

Data for hermann corporation are shown below: per unit percent of sales selling price $ 125 100 % variable expenses 80 64 contribution margin $ 45 36 % fixed expenses are $85,000 per month and the company is selling 2,700 units per month. required: 1-a. how much will net operating income increase (decrease) per month if the monthly advertising budget increases by $9,000 and monthly sales increase by $20,000? 1-b. should the advertising budget be increased?