Both Aaria and Justin work with businesses. Aaria tries to sell them packages that will cover their employees in case of injury

Response:

Closing Journal Entries:

1. Debit Fees Earned $56,000

Credit Income Statement $56,000

To finalize the account for the period.

2. Debit Income Statement $25,000

Credit Depreciation Expense $25,000

To finalize the account for the period.

3. Debit Income Statement $23,000

Credit Salaries Expense $23,000

To finalize the account for the period.

4. Debit Income Statement (Retained Earnings) $2,000

Credit Dividends $2,000

To finalize the account for the period.

Clarification:

Closing entries involve journalizing actions to wrap up temporary accounts, such as revenue and expenses, to the Income Statement. This ensures that only permanent accounts remain for the Balance Sheet moving forward. Temporary accounts do not carry over to subsequent periods unlike permanent accounts.

These closing entries transfer all revenue and expense entries at the conclusion of an accounting period to an income summary account, which is used to compute the financial performance metrics (which include gross profit and net income or loss) for that period.

Answer:

a) Total gross return = 459.3%

b) Average annual return = $4,195

Explanation:

First, let's summarize the given data:

Number of shares = 1000, purchase price = $3 per share,

annual dividend = 7 cents = $0.07 for each share per year,

duration = 4 years, selling price = $16.50 per share,

brokerage fee = 4%

Calculation of total costs for shares = number of shares * purchase price

Cost = 1000 * 3 = 3,000

Cost = $3,000

On January 1, 2006, I acquired shares valued at $3,000

Calculation of total dividends received = dividend * number of shares * time

Total dividends = 0.07 * 1000 * 4 = $280

In four years, I received $280 from dividends

Total revenue from sale = number of shares * selling price

Total sale price = 1000 * 16.50 = $16,500

Brokerage fee = 4% of total sale

Brokerage fee = 0.04 * 16500 = $660

a) Total gross return calculation = (dividend + revenue from sale - purchase cost) ÷ purchase cost

Total gross return = (280 + 16500 - 3000) ÷ 3000

Total gross return = 13780 ÷ 3000 = 4.593

Total gross return = 4.593 * 100%

Total gross return = 459.3%

This indicates a gain exceeding 400% (four times the investment in acquiring the shares)

Note: Total gross return does not factor in any fees or expenses such as brokerage charges

b) Average annual return = Total returns during the specified timeframe ÷ duration

Total returns during the specified timeframe = dividend + total sale revenue = 280 + 16500 = $16,780

Average annual return = 16780 ÷ 4 = 4195

Average annual return = $4,195

Answer:

Road bicycles can be classified as CASH COW, whereas hybrid bicycles are placed in the QUESTION MARK category.

Explanation:

Cash cows represent products with strong market share but slow market growth, providing substantial cash flow.

Question marks signify products in rapidly expanding markets but lacking a significant market share. They hold potential, though success is uncertain.

Answer:

• As explained below, with the individual’s score in the 0.03125 fraction of top candidates, they can anticipate securing a position.

Explanation:

Utilizing Chebyshev’s Theorem is key.

This theorem is valid for any dataset, irrespective of its shape.

Chebyshev's Theorem states that at least 1−1/k² of the data falls within k standard deviations from the mean.

For this data set, the specifics are:

• mean: 60
• standard deviation: 6
• score: 84

The number of standard deviations that 84 is from the mean can be calculated as:

• k = (score - mean) / standard deviation
• k = (84 - 60) / 6 = 24 / 6 = 4

Hence, the individual’s score is 4 standard deviations above the mean.

How significant is this?

According to Chebyshev’s Theorem, at least 1−1/k² of the data is within k standard deviations from the mean. Setting k = 4 gives us:

• 1 - 1/4² = 1 - 1/16 = 0.9375

• This implies that half of 1 - 0.9375 exceed k = 4: 0.03125

• Consequently, 1 - 0.03125 is below k = 4: 0.96875

With 70 job openings and 1,000 applicants, the ratio is 70/1,000 = 0.07, indicating the company seeks the top 0.07 of applicants.

Given the individual scores in the top 0.03125 of applicants, they can expect to obtain a job.