On January 2, year 5, Ames Corp. signed an eight‐year lease for office space. Ames has the option to renew the lease for an additional four‐year period on or before January 2, year 12. During January year 5, Ames incurred the following costs: $120,000 for general improvements to the leased premises with an estimated useful life of 10 years.$50,000 for office furniture and equipment with an estimated useful life of 10 years. At December 31, year 5, Ames' intentions as to the exercise of the renewal option are uncertain. A full year's amortization of leasehold improvements is taken for calendar year 2. In Ames' December 31, year 5, Balance Sheet, accumulated amortization should be:

The digby's workforce complement will grow by 20% (rounded to the nearest person) next year. ignoring downsizing from automating, what would their total recruiting cost be? assume digby spends the same amount extra above the $1,000 recruiting base as they did last year. select: 1 $2,840,000 $3,408,000 $570,000 $475,000

Barbara flynn is in charge of maintaining hospital supplies at general hospital. during the past year, the mean lead time demand for bandage bx-5 was 65 (and was normally distributed). furthermore, the standard deviation for bx-5 was 6. ms. flynn would like to maintain a 90% service level. refer to the standard normal table for z-values. a) what safety stock level do you recommend for bx-5? safety stock=)what is the appropriate reorder point? reorder point=

Rate of return douglas keel, a financial analyst for orange industries, wishes to estimate the rate of return for two similar-risk investments, x and y. douglas's research indicates that the immediate past returns will serve as reasonable estimates of future returns. a year earlier, investment x had a market value of $27 comma 000; and investment y had a market value of $46 comma 000. during the year, investment x generated cash flow of $2 comma 025 and investment y generated cash flow of $ 6 comma 770. the current market values of investments x and y are $28 comma 582 and $46 comma 000, respectively. a. calculate the expected rate of return on investments x and y using the most recent year's data. b. assuming that the two investments are equally risky, which one should douglas recommend? why?