X2 issued callable bonds on January 1, 2021. The bonds pay interest annually on December 31 each year. X2's accountant has projected the following amortization schedule from issuance until maturity: Date Cash Paid Interest Expense Decrease in Carrying Value Carrying Value 01/01/2021 $ 197,390 12/31/2021 $ 19,000 $ 17,765 $ 1,235 196,155 12/31/2022 19,000 17,654 1,346 194,809 12/31/2023 19,000 17,533 1,467 193,342 12/31/2024 19,000 17,401 1,599 191,743 12/31/2025 19,000 17,257 1,743 190,000 X2 issued the bonds at: Multiple Choice Face amount. A premium. A discount. Cannot be determined from the given information.

Molander corporation is a distributor of a sun umbrella used at resort hotels. data concerning the next month’s budget appear below: selling price per unit $ 29 variable expense per unit $ 14 fixed expense per month $ 12,450 unit sales per month 980 required: 1. what is the company’s margin of safety? (do not round intermediate calculations.) 2. what is the company’s margin of safety as a percentage of its sales? (round your percentage answer to 2 decimal places (i. e. 0.1234 should be entered as 12.

If temper company, a manufacturer of mattresses, was considering moving its production facilities to china but decided against it because the additional costs of shipping the mattresses back to the u. s. would offset the cost savings associated with moving the production facilities, the increased costs associated with shipping would be an example ofanswers: learning-curve economies. diseconomies of scale. economies of scale. competitive advantages.

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out