A municipal power plant uses natural gas from an existing, leaky, pipeline at an annual cost of $40,000 per year. A new pipeline would initially cost $100,000, but it would reduce the annual cost of natural gas to $10,000 per year. Assume an analysis period of 25 years and no salvage value for either pipeline. The interest rate is 6%. Using annual equivalent cost (AEC), should the new pipeline be built?

Colorado rocky cookie company offers credit terms to its customers. at the end of 2018, accounts receivable totaled $715,000. the allowance method is used to account for uncollectible accounts. the allowance for uncollectible accounts had a credit balance of $50,000 at the beginning of 2018 and $30,000 in receivables were written off during the year as uncollectible. also, $3,000 in cash was received in december from a customer whose account previously had been written off. the company estimates bad debts by applying a percentage of 15% to accounts receivable at the end of the year. 1. prepare journal entries to record the write-off of receivables, the collection of $3,000 for previously written off receivables, and the year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense.2. how would accounts receivable be shown in the 2018 year-end balance sheet?