Montana Mining Co. (MMC) paid $200 million for the right to explore and extract rare metals from land owned by the state of Montana. To obtain the rights, MMC agreed to restore the land to a suitable condition for other uses after its exploration and extraction activities. MMC incurred exploration and development costs of $60 million on the project. MMC has a credit-adjusted risk free interest rate is 7%. It estimates the possible cash flows for restoring the land, three years after its extraction activities begin, as follows:

Cash Outflow Probability

$10 million 60%
$30 million 40%

Required:
a. The asset retirement obligation (rounded) that should be recognized at the beginning of the extraction activities is:
b. The asset retirement obligation (rounded) that should be reported on the balanace sheet one year after activities begin is:

Prepare the operating activities section—indirect method.(lo 4), apthe income statement of paxson company is presented here. paxson companyincome statementfor the year ended november 30, 2014sales revenue $7,600,000cost of goods sold beginning inventory$1,900,000 purchases4,400,000goods available for sale6,300,000 ending inventory1,600,000total cost of goods sold 4,700,000gross profit 2,900,000operating expenses selling expenses450,000 administrative expenses700,0001,150,000net income $1,750,000additional information: prepare the operating activities section—indirect 1. accounts receivable decreased $380,000 during the year, and inventory decreased $300,000.2. prepaid expenses increased $150,000 during the year.3. accounts payable to suppliers of merchandise decreased $350,000 during the year.4. accrued expenses payable decreased $100,000 during the year.5. administrative expenses include depreciation expense of $110,000.instructionsprepare the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows for the year ended november 30, 2014, for paxson company, using the indirect method. net cash provided $1,940,000