Mandich Co. had the following amounts for its assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity accounts just before filing a bankruptcy petition and requesting liquidation: Picture Of the salaries payable, $30,000 was owed to an officer of the company. The remaining amount was owed to salaried employees who had not been paid within the previous 80 days: John Webb was owed $10,600, Samantha Jones was owed $15,000, Sandra Johnson was owed $11,900, and Dennis Roberts was owed $2,500. The maximum owed for any one employee's claims for contributions to benefit plans was $800. Estimated expense for administering the liquidation amounted to $40,000. On a statement of financial affairs, what amount would have been shown as assets available to pay liabilities with priority and unsecured creditors? a. 660,000
b. 390,000
c. 495,000
d. 799,000
e. 445,000

Rate of return, standard deviation, coefficient of variation personal finance problem mike is searching for a stock to include in his current stock portfolio. he is interested in hi-tech inc.; he has been impressed with the company's computer products and believes hi-tech is an innovative market player. however, mike realizes that any time you consider a technology stock, risk is a major concern. the rule he follows is to include only securities with a coefficient of variation of returns below 1.07. mike has obtained the following price information for the period 2015 through 2018:hi-tech stock, being growth-oriented, did not pay any dividends during these 4 years. a. calculate the rate of return for each year, 2015 through 2018, for hi-tech stock. b. assume that each year's return is equally probable and calculate the average return over this time period. c. calculate the standard deviation of returns over the past 4 years. (hint: treat this data as a sample.) d. based on b and c determine the coefficient of variation of returns for the security. e. given the calculation in d what should be mike's decision regarding the inclusion of hi-tech stock in his portfolio?