Bade Midwifery's cost formula for its wages and salaries is $1,230 per month plus $240 per birth. For the month of October, the company planned for activity of 105 births, but the actual level of activity was 101 births. The actual wages and salaries for the month was $26,470. The activity variance for wages and salaries in October would be closest to:

The management of a private investment club has a fund of $250,000 earmarked for investment in stocks. to arrive at an acceptable overall level of risk, the stocks that management is considering have been classified into three categories: high risk (x), medium risk (y), and low risk (z). management estimates that high risk stocks will have a rate of return of 15%/year; medium risk stocks, 10%/year; and low risk stocks, 6%/year. the amount of money invested in low risk stocks is to be twice the sum of the amount invested in stocks of the other two categories. if the investment goal is to have a rate of return of 9% on the total investment, determine how much the club should invest in each type of stock. (assume that all the money available for investment is invested.)

On july 1, 2016, killearn company acquired 103,000 of the outstanding shares of shaun company for $21 per share. this acquisition gave killearn a 40 percent ownership of shaun and allowed killearn to significantly influence the investee's decisions. as of july 1, 2016, the investee had assets with a book value of $6 million and liabilities of $1,468,500. at the time, shaun held equipment appraised at $140,000 above book value; it was considered to have a seven-year remaining life with no salvage value. shaun also held a copyright with a five-year remaining life on its books that was undervalued by $562,500. any remaining excess cost was attributable to goodwill. depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method. killearn applies the equity method for its investment in shaun. shaun's policy is to declare and pay a $1 per share cash dividend every april 1 and october 1. shaun's income, earned evenly throughout each year, was $580,000 in 2016, $606,600 in 2017, and $649,200 in 2018. in addition, killearn sold inventory costing $93,000 to shaun for $155,000 during 2017. shaun resold $97,500 of this inventory during 2017 and the remaining $57,500 during 2018.a. determine the equity income to be recognized by killearn during each of these years. 2016 2017 2018b. compute killearn’s investment in shaun company’s balance as of december 31, 2018.

Daniel owns 100 shares of abc corporation's common stock. abc uses the fair value option, and recent declines in the firm's credit rating have caused the value of the firm's outstanding bonds payable to drop by 10%. daniel feels this is good news, but he wants to know what you think about the situation. which of the following represents your best response? a : "this situation may be positive for you in that the change in abc's credit standing indicates that the value of the firm's assets is likely increasing. however, the drop in bond value may negate any positive effects on your bottom line, because it means your claim on the firm's assets is simultaneously decreasing." b : "actually, this is bad news all around. the drop in the value of abc's bonds payable means shareholders' claims on the firm's assets have decreased. moreover, abc's declining credit rating means that the firm's assets are probably also dropping in value, thus magnifying your losses even more." c : "on the surface, this seems like good news because it means your claim on the firm's assets has increased. however, the drop in creditworthiness may also indicate that abc's assets are declining in value, thus offsetting any gains associated with the drop in bonds payable." d : "you're right! this is good news because it means that abc's debtholders have a decreased claim on the firm's assets. as a result, the firm's existing shareholders"like you"have seen their claim on the firm's assets increase."