Shehata Coffee Shop calculated the NET value of its accounts receivable as of December 31, 2019, to be $179,000, based on an aging schedule of accounts receivable. Shehata has also provided the following information: The gross accounts receivable balance on December 31, 2019 was $191,800. Actual uncollectible accounts receivable written off during 2019 totaled $13,400. The Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts balance on January 1, 2019 was $17,800.
Required: Part 1: What account(s) and for what $ value(s) would appear on the Balance Sheet?
Part 2: How much is Shehata's 2019 Bad Debt Expense? Show your detailed calculation for credit, 6 points:
a. 17,200
b. 12,800
c. 8,400
d. 4,400
e. None of the above

Why does the united states government provide tax breaks related to the amount of money companies spend on research and development? a. to provide incentives for companies to conduct research and development to allow antitrust authorities b. to challenge joint research efforts c. to protect the right of inventors d. to produce and sell their inventions e. to involve less government scrutiny than a government funded project

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i.e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i.e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.