An operations manager with general motors corporate offices wishes to determine if the true mean productivity of employees at its detroit, michigan plant is different from its opel/vauxhall plant in bochum, germany. for this analysis, productivity will be measured by the number of cars that employees assemble per day. random samples of employees in detroit and bochum are selected, and the productivity scores at each assembly plant are recorded. the following results are obtained. t-test: two-sample assuming equal 58.554.3variance4256observations131 3pooled variancexxhypothesized mean difference0dfxxt statp(t< =t) one-tailt critical one-tailp(t< =t) two-tailt critical two-tail1. using a significance level of 0.01, the critical value of the appropriate test statistic to conduct the test of hypothesis for the belief that there is a difference in the mean productivity is: 2. what is the pooled standard deviation? 3. assume that the p-value associated with the test statistic is 0.08. what is the conclusion of the hypothesis test? use the significance level from question above.

Tara incorporates her sole proprietorship, transferring it to newly formed black corporation. the assets transferred have an adjusted basis of $240,000 and a fair market value of $300,000. also transferred was $10,000 in liabilities, $1,000 of which was personal and the balance of $9,000 being business related. in return for these transfers, tara receives all of the stock in black corporation. a. black corporation has a basis of $241,000 in the property. b. black corporation has a basis of $240,000 in the property. c. tara’s basis in the black corporation stock is $241,000. d. tara’s basis in the black corporation stock is $249,000. e. none of the above.

If a firm plans to issue new stock, flotation costs (investment bankers' fees) should not be ignored. there are two approaches to use to account for flotation costs. the first approach is to add the sum of flotation costs for the debt, preferred, and common stock and add them to the initial investment cost. because the investment cost is increased, the project's expected return is reduced so it may not meet the firm's hurdle rate for acceptance of the project. the second approach involves adjusting the cost of common equity as follows: . the difference between the flotation-adjusted cost of equity and the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment represents the flotation cost adjustment. quantitative problem: barton industries expects next year's annual dividend, d1, to be $1.90 and it expects dividends to grow at a constant rate g = 4.3%. the firm's current common stock price, p0, is $22.00. if it needs to issue new common stock, the firm will encounter a 6% flotation cost, f. assume that the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment is 12% and the cost of old common equity is 11.5%. what is the flotation cost adjustment that must be added to its cost of retaine

When an interest-bearing note comes due and is uncollectible, the journal entry includes debitingaccounts receivable and crediting notes receivable and interest revenue.accounts receivable and crediting interest revenue.notes receivable and crediting accounts receivable and interest revenue.notes receivable and crediting accounts receivable.