Omni-Resistor, Inc. specializes in waterproofing homes, office buildings and other structures. Recently it completed a waterproofing renovation for a building at a local university. The contract specifies that Omni-Resistor will receive a flat lump sum of $100,000 for the renovation, and an additional $2,500 if there is no roof leaking through the roof within the first year after the renovation. The seller estimates that there is an 85% chance that no leakage will occur within the first year.

Required:
a. Assuming Omni-Resistor uses the mest likely value to estimate the variable consideration, calculate the transaction price.
b. Assuming Omni-Resistor determines transaction price as the expected value of the variable consideration, calculate the transaction price.
c. Assume Omni-Resistor uses the expected value" approach, but is very uncertain of that estimate due to a lack of experience with similar renovations.

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You and your new australian bride matilda, are applying for a loan and are required to submit a balance sheet with your net worth. you own a 2008 toyota camry that you bought last month for $9,995. the kelly blue book value for this car is $13,995. you owe $8,150 on the car loan for the camry. you pay off your visa credit card every month and have not paid any credit card interest this year. the current visa credit card balance is $3,522, and the next statement is due in 15 days. you have a student loan balance of $6,500. you presently have $425 in your checking account and $1,540 in your savings account. you own 100 shares of ibm stock that you purchased for $85.50 per share. one share of ibm is now selling for $158.42. you own computers and other electronics that you purchased for $4,100 but could probably sell today on e-bay for $1,800. your gross income is $80,000 per year. what is your current net worth? (see wb ch. 2 example 2.3)

Aproperty title search firm is contemplating using online software to increase its search productivity. currently an average of 40 minutes is needed to do a title search. the researcher cost is $2 per minute. clients are charged a fee of $400. company a's software would reduce the average search time by 10 minutes, at a cost of $3.50 per search. company b's software would reduce the average search time by 12 minutes at a cost of $3.60 per search. which option would have the higher productivity in terms of revenue per dollar of input?