Novak Corp. reported net income of $193,400 for 2019. Novak also reported depreciation expense of $45,600 and a loss of $6,000 on the disposal of plant assets. The comparative balance sheet shows a decrease in accounts receivable of $11,000 for the year, a $13,000 increase in accounts payable, and a $5,000 decrease in prepaid expenses. Prepare the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows for 2019. Use the indirect method. (Show amounts that decrease cash flow with either a - sign e. g. -15,000 or in parenthesis e. g. (15,000).)

4. suppose that pollution in a neighborhood comes from two factories, with marginal benefit curves given by mb1 = 12 – p1 and mb2 = 8 – p2. the level of pollution in the neighborhood is given by p = p1 + p2. the government wants to limit pollution by instituting a pollution-rights market. the government’s desired level of p is 10, so it prints 10 pollution rights and offers them for sale to the firms. a)find the equilibrium selling price of a pollution right, as well as the allocation of rights (and hence pollution levels) across the two factories. b)repeat part (a) for the case where the government’s desired level of pollution equals 14. c)comment on the usefulness of a pollution rights market in achieving efficient levels of pollution abatement.

Turtle corporation produces and sells a single product. data concerning that product appear below: per unit percent of sales selling price $ 150 100 % variable expenses 75 50 % contribution margin $ 75 50 % the company is currently selling 5,600 units per month. fixed expenses are $194,000 per month. the marketing manager believes that a $5,300 increase in the monthly advertising budget would result in a 190 unit increase in monthly sales. what should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change?

Consider the following information on stocks a, b, c and their returns (in decimals) in each state: state prob. of state a b c boom 20% 0.27 0.22 0.16 good 45% 0.16 0.09 0.07 poor 25% 0.03 0 0.03 bust 10% -0.08 -0.04 -0.02 if your portfolio is invested 25% in a, 40% in b, and 35% in c, what is the standard deviation of the portfolio in percent? answer to two decimals, carry intermediate calcs. to at least four decimals.