Thomas book sales, inc., supplies textbooks to college and university bookstores. the books are shipped with a proviso that they must be paid for within 30 days but can be returned for a full refund credit within 90 days. in 2018, thomas shipped and billed book titles totaling $790 comma 000. collections, net of return credits, during the year totaled $712 comma 342. the company spent $306 comma 337 acquiring the books that it shipped. a. using accrual accounting and the preceding values, show the firm's net profit for the past year.

What preforms the best over the long term? a) bonds b) mutual funds c) stocks d) certificate of deposit

When interest is compounded continuously, the amount of money increases at a rate proportional to the amount s present at time t, that is, ds/dt = rs, where r is the annual rate of interest. (a) find the amount of money accrued at the end of 3 years when $4000 is deposited in a savings account drawing 5 3 4 % annual interest compounded continuously. (round your answer to the nearest cent.) $ (b) in how many years will the initial sum deposited have doubled? (round your answer to the nearest year.) years (c) use a calculator to compare the amount obtained in part (a) with the amount s = 4000 1 + 1 4 (0.0575) 3(4) that is accrued when interest is compounded quarterly. (round your answer to the nearest cent.) s = $

Consider a treasury bill with a rate of return of 5% and the following risky securities: security a: e(r) = .15; variance = .0400 security b: e(r) = .10; variance = .0225 security c: e(r) = .12; variance = .1000 security d: e(r) = .13; variance = .0625 the investor must develop a complete portfolio by combining the risk-free asset with one of the securities mentioned above. the security the investor should choose as part of her complete portfolio to achieve the best cal would be a. security a b. security b c. security c d. security d