Answer the following questions. 1. A company has an inventory of 1,200 assorted parts for a line of missiles that has been discontinued. The inventory cost is $71,000. The parts can be either (a) remachined at total additional costs of $24,000 and then sold for $32,000 or (b) sold as scrap for $5,000. Which action is more profitable? Show your calculations. 2. A truck, costing $104,000 and uninsured, is wrecked its first day in use. It can be either (a) disposed of for $15,500 cash and replaced with a similar truck costing $105,500 or (b) rebuilt for $85,500, and thus be brand-new as far as operating characteristics and looks are concerned. Which action is less costly? Show your calculations.

Which of the following statements is correct? a) due to limited liability, unlimited lives, and ease of ownership transfer, the vast majority of u.s. businesses (in terms of number of businesses) are organized as corporationsb) most businesses (by number and total dollar sales) are organized as proprietorships or corporation. however, if the business gets very large, it becomes advantageous to convert to a corporation, primarily because corporations have important tax advantages over proprietorships and partnerships.c) due to legal considerations related to ownership transfers and limited liability, which affect the ability to attract capital, most business (measured by dollar sales) is conducted by corporations in spite of large corporations' less favorable tax treatmentd) large corporations are taxed more favorably than proprietorshipse) corporate stockholders are exposed to unlimited liability

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The fiscal 2016 financial statements of nike inc. shows average net operating assets (noa) of $8,450 million, average net nonoperating obligations (nno) of $(4,033) million, average total liabilities of $9,014 million, and average equity of $12,483 million. the company's 2016 financial leverage (flev) is: select one: a. (0.477) b. (0.559 c. (0.323) d. (0.447) e. there is not enough information to determine the ratio.