Exercise 7-18 sweet corporation factors $275,100 of accounts receivable with kathleen battle financing, inc. on a with recourse basis. kathleen battle financing will collect the receivables. the receivables records are transferred to kathleen battle financing on august 15, 2020. kathleen battle financing assesses a finance charge of 2% of the amount of accounts receivable and also reserves an amount equal to 4% of accounts receivable to cover probable adjustments. (b) assume that the conditions are met for a transfer of receivables with recourse to be accounted for as a sale. prepare the journal entry on august 15, 2020, for sweet to record the sale of receivables, assuming the recourse obligation has a fair value of $3,670

Aplant manager is considering buying additional stamping machines to accommodate increasing demand. the alternatives are to buy 1 machine, 2 machines, or 3 machines. the profits realized under each alternative are a function of whether their bid for a recent defense contract is accepted or not. the payoff table below illustrates the profits realized (in $000's) based on the different scenarios faced by the manager. alternative bid accepted bid rejected buy 1 machine $10 $5 buy 2 machines $30 $4 buy 3 machines $40 $2 refer to the information above. assume that based on historical bids with the defense contractor, the plant manager believes that there is a 65% chance that the bid will be accepted and a 35% chance that the bid will be rejected. what is the expected value under perfect information (evpi)?