Kingbird Company adopted the dollar-value LIFO method on January 1, 2020 (using internal price indexes and multiple pools). The following data are available for inventory pool A for the 2 years following adoption of LIFO. Inventory At Base-Year Cost At Current-Year Cost 1/1/20 $199,700 $199,700 12/31/20 244,600 293,520 12/31/21 278,100 344,844 Computing an internal price index and using the dollar-value LIFO method, at what amount should the inventory be reported at December 31, 2021

Steele bicycle manufacturing company currently produces the handlebars used in manufacturing its bicycles, which are high-quality racing bikes with limited sales. steele produces and sells only 10,000 bikes each year. due to the low volume of activity, steele is unable to obtain the economies of scale that larger producers achieve. for example, steele could buy the handlebars for $31 each: they cost $34 each to make. the following is a detailed breakdown of current production costs: after seeing these figures, steele's president remarked that it would be foolish for the company to continue to produce the handlebars at $34 each when it can buy them for $31 each. calculate the total relevant cost. do you agree with the president's conclusion?

You are head of the schwartz family endowment for the arts. you have decided to fund an arts school in the san francisco bay area in perpetuity. every 5 years, you will give the school $ 1 comma 000 comma 000. the first payment will occur 5 years from today. if the interest rate is 5.9 % per year, what is the present value of your gift?

Josie just bought her first fish tank a 36 -gallon glass aquarium, which she’s been saving up for almost a year to buy. for josie, the fish tank is most likely what type of purchase