Bill jones has just won the state lottery and has the following three payout options for after -tax prize money:
1. $170, 000 per year at the end of each of the next six years
2. $300, 000 (lump sum) now
3. $502, 000 (lump sum) six years from now
the annual discount rate is 9%. compute the present value of the first option. (round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.)
present value of an ordinary annuity of $1:
8%
9%
10%
1
0.926
0.917
0.909
2
1.783
1.759
1.736
3
2.577
2.531
2.487
4
3.312
3.240
3.170
5
3.993
3.890
3.791
6
4.623
4.486
4.355
7
5.206
5.033
4.868
present value of $1:
8%
9%
10%
1
0.926
0.917
0.909
2
0.857
0.842
0.826
3
0.794
0.772
0.751
4
0.735
0.708
0.683
5
0.681
0.650
0.621
6
0.630
0.596
0.564
7
0.583
0.547
0.513
a. $451, 850
b. $850, 000
c. $470, 000
d. $762, 620

An office manager is concerned with declining productivity. despite the fact that she regularly monitors her clerical staff four times each day—at 9: 00 am, 11: 00 am, 1: 00 pm, and again at 3: 00 pm—office productivity has declined 30 percent since she assumed the helm one year ago. would you recommend that the office manager invest more time monitoring the productivity of her clerical staff? explain.

Before contacting the news or print media about your business, what must you come up with first ? a. a media expertb. a big budgetc. a track recordd. a story angle

Ida sidha karya company is a family-owned company located on the island of bali in indonesia. the company produces a handcrafted balinese musical instrument called a gamelan that is similar to a xylophone. the gamelans are sold for $860. selected data for the company’s operations last year follow: units in beginning inventory 0 units produced 320 units sold 285 units in ending inventory 35 variable costs per unit: direct materials $ 135 direct labor $ 355 variable manufacturing overhead $ 30 variable selling and administrative $ 15 fixed costs: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 64,000 fixed selling and administrative $ 27,000 the absorption costing income statement prepared by the company’s accountant for last year appears below: sales $ 245,100 cost of goods sold 205,200 gross margin 39,900 selling and administrative expense 31,275 net operating income $ 8,625 required: 1. under absorption costing, how much fixed manufacturing overhead cost is included in the company's inventory at the end of last year? 2. prepare an income statement for last year using variable costing. what is the amount of the difference in net operating income between the two costing methods?