Forrester Company is considering buying new equipment that would increase monthly fixed costs from $360,000 to $445,500 and would decrease the current variable costs of $60 by $15 per unit. The selling price of $100 is not expected to change. Forrester's current break-even sales are $900,000 and current break-even units are 9,000. If Forrester purchases this new equipment, the revised contribution margin ratio would be:

Island novelties, inc., of palau makes two products—hawaiian fantasy and tahitian joy. each product's selling price, variable expense per unit and annual sales volume are as follows:

Colah company purchased $1.8 million of jackson, inc. 8% bonds at par on july 1, 2018, with interest paid semi-annually. when the bonds were acquired colah decided to elect the fair value option for accounting for its investment. at december 31, 2018, the jackson bonds had a fair value of $2.08 million. colah sold the jackson bonds on july 1, 2019 for $1,620,000. the purchase of the jackson bonds on july 1. interest revenue for the last half of 2018. any year-end 2018 adjusting entries. interest revenue for the first half of 2019. any entry or entries necessary upon sale of the jackson bonds on july 1, 2019. required: 1. prepare colah's journal entries for above transaction.

Zapper has beginning equity of $257,000, net income of $51,000, dividends of $40,000 and investments by stockholders of $6,000. its ending equity is