Sandra Morris is presently leasing a small business computer from Eller Office Equipment Company. The lease requires 10 annual payments of $11,000 at the end of each year and provides the lessor (Eller) with an 11% return on its investment. You may use the following 11% interest factors: 9 Periods 10 Periods 11 Periods
Future Value of 1 1.999 2.15892 2.33164
Present Value of 1 0.50025 0.46319 0.42888
Future Value of Ordinary Annuity of 1 12.48756 14.48656 16.64549
Present Value of Ordinary Annuity of 1 6.24689 6.71008 7.13896
Present Value of an Annuity Due of 1 6.74664 7.24689 7.71008

Required:
a. Assuming the computer has a ten-year life and will have no salvage value at the expiration of the lease, what was the original cost of the computer to Eller? SHOW YOUR WORK.
b. What amount would each payment be if the ten annual payments are to be made at the beginning of each period? SHOW YOUR WORK.

Price and efficiency variances, journal entries. the schuyler corporation manufactures lamps. it has set up the following standards per finished unit for direct materials and direct manufacturing labor: direct materials: 10 lb. at $4.50 per lb. $45.00 direct manufacturing labor: 0.5 hour at $30 per hour 15.00 the number of finished units budgeted for january 2017 was 10,000; 9,850 units were actually produced. actual results in january 2017 were as follows: direct materials: 98,055 lb. used direct manufacturing labor: 4,900 hours $154,350 assume that there was no beginning inventory of either direct materials or finished units. during the month, materials purchased amounted to 100,000 lb., at a total cost of $465,000. input price variances are isolated upon purchase. input-efficiency variances are isolated at the time of usage. 1. compute the january 2017 price and efficiency variances of direct materials and direct manufacturing labor. 2. prepare journal entries to record the variances in requirement 1. 3. comment on the january 2017 price and efficiency variances of schuyler corporation. 4. why might schuyler calculate direct materials price variances and direct materials efficiency variances with reference to different points in time

The federal reserve's organization while all members of the federal reserve board of governors vote at federal open market committee (fomc) meetings, only of the regional bank presidents are members of the fomc. the federal reserve's role as a lender of last resort involves lending to which of the following financially troubled institutions? u.s. banks that cannot borrow elsewhere governments in developing countries during currency crises u.s. state governments when they run short on tax revenues the federal reserve's primary tool for changing the money supply is . in order to decrease the number of dollars in the u.s. economy (the money supply), the federal reserve will government bonds.

You have just been hired as a brand manager at kelsey-white, an american multinational consumer goods company. recently the firm invested in the development of k-w vision, a series of systems and processes that allow the use of up-to-date data and advanced analytics to drive informed decision making about k-w brands. it is 2018. the system is populated with 3 years of historical data. as brand manager for k-w’s blue laundry detergent, you are tasked to lead the brand's turnaround. use the vision platform to to develop your strategy and grow blue’s market share over the next 4 years.