The most recent financial statements for Reply, Inc., are shown here: Income Statement Balance Sheet Sales $ 23,600 Assets $ 54,300 Debt $ 20,300 Costs 14,600 Equity 34,000 Taxable income $ 9,000 Total $ 54,300 Total $ 54,300 Taxes (40%) 3,600 Net income $ 5,400 Assets and costs are proportional to sales. Debt and equity are not. A dividend of $2,500 was paid, and the company wishes to maintain a constant payout ratio. Next year’s sales are projected to be $26,904. What is the external financing needed? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Goals that are overly ambitious can discourage employees and decrease motivation, yet the idea of stretch goals is proposed as a way to get people fired up and motivated. as a manager, how might you decide where to draw the line between a “good” stretch goal and a “bad” one that is unrealistic?

In a perfectly competitive market, the long-run market supply curve tends to be horizontal or nearly so. what is another way to state this fact? (a) market supply is much more elastic in the long run than the short run. (b) in the long run, average total cost is minimized. (c) in the long run, price equals marginal cost. (d) market supply is much less elastic in the long run than the short run.

Schuepfer inc. bases its selling and administrative expense budget on budgeted unit sales. the sales budget shows 1,800 units are planned to be sold in march. the variable selling and administrative expense is $4.30 per unit. the budgeted fixed selling and administrative expense is $35,620 per month, which includes depreciation of $2,700 per month. the remainder of the fixed selling and administrative expense represents current cash flows. the cash disbursements for selling and administrative expenses on the march selling and administrative expense budget should be: