Nordquist Company's net income last year was $44,000. The company did not sell or retire any property, plant, and equipment last year. Changes in selected balance sheet accounts for the year appear below: Increases
(Decreases)
Asset and Contra-Asset Accounts:
Accounts receivable $17,500
Inventory $(4,400)
Prepaid expenses $13,000
Accumulated depreciation $32,000
Liability Accounts:
Accounts payable $17,000
Accrued liabilities $(8,900)
Income taxes payable $3,500
Based solely on this information, the net cash provided by operating activities under the indirect method on the statement of cash flows would be:
a) $78,600
b) $113,700
c) $61,500
d) $26,500

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?