Montana mining co. (mmc) paid 200 million for the right to explore and extract rare metals from land owned by the state of montana. to obtain the rights, mmc agreed to restore the land to a suitable condition for other uses after its exploration and extraction activities. mmc incurred exploration and development cost of $60 million. mmc has a credit-adjusted risk free interest rate of 7%. it estimates the possible cash flows for restoring the land, 3 years after extraction activities begin, as follows: cash outflow probability$10 million 60%$30 million 40%a. the asset retirement obligation (rounded) that should be recognized at the beginning of the extraction activities is? b. the asset retirement obligation (rounded) that should be reported on the balanace sheet one year after activities begin is?

At a student café, there are equal numbers of two types of customers with the following values. the café owner cannot distinguish between the two types of students because many students without early classes arrive early anyway (i.e., she cannot price-discriminate). students with early classes students without early classes coffee 70 60 banana 51 101 the marginal cost of coffee is 10 and the marginal cost of a banana is 40. the café owner is considering three pricing strategies: 1. mixed bundling: price bundle of coffee and a banana for 161, or just a coffee for 70. 2. price separately: offer coffee at 60, price a banana at 101. 3. bundle only: coffee and a banana for 121. do not offer goods separately. assume that if the price of an item or bundle is no more than exactly equal to a student's willingness to pay, then the student will purchase the item or bundle. for simplicity, assume there is just one student with an early class, and one student without an early class. price strategy revenue from pricing strategy cost from pricing strategy profit from pricing strategy 1. mixed bundling $ $ $ 2. price separately $ $ $ 3. bundle only $ $ $ pricing strategy yields the highest profit for the café owner.

3. describe the purpose of the sec. (1-4 sentences. 2.0 points)

Samantha is interested in setting up her own accounting firm and wants to specialize in the area of accounting that has experienced the most significant growth in recent years. which area of accounting should she choose as her specialty? samantha should choose as her specialty.