An oil exploration firm is to drill ten wells, each of which has probability 0.1 of successfully striking recoverable oil. It costs $10000 to drill each well so there is a total fixed cost of $100000. A successful well will bring oil worth $500000. The expected value and standard deviation of the firm's gains are, respectively

The following selected amounts are reported on the year-end unadjusted trial balance report for a company that uses the percent of sales method to determine its bad debts expense. accounts receivable $ 435,000 debit allowance for doubtful accounts 1,250 debit net sales 2,100,000 credit all sales are made on credit. based on past experience, the company estimates 1.0% of credit sales to be uncollectible. what adjusting entry should the company make at the end of the current year to record its estimated bad debts expense

How does your household gain from specialization and comparative advantage? (what is produced, what is not produced yet paid to a specialist to produce? )

The production manager of rordan corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter units to be produced 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour. required: 1. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.