The accounting records of Nettle Distribution show the following assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2016 and 2017. December 31 2016 2017 Cash $64,300 $15,640 Accounts receivable 26,240 19,100 Office supplies 3,160 1,960 Office equipment 44,000 44,000 Trucks 148,000 157,000 Building 0 80,000 Land 0 60,000 Accounts payable 3,500 33,500 Note payable 0 40,000 1. Prepare balance sheets for the business as of December 31, 2016 and 2017. 2. Compute net income for 2017 by comparing total equity amounts for these two years and using the following information: During 2017, the owner invested $35,000 additional cash in the business (in exchange for common stock) and the company paid $19,000 cash in dividends.3. Compute the 2017 year-end debt ratio.

Which of the following differentiates cost accounting and financial accounting? a. the primary users of cost accounting are the investors, whereas the primary users of financial accounting are the managers. b. cost accounting measures only the financial information related to the costs of acquiring fixed assets in an organization, whereas financial accounting measures financial and nonfinancial information of a company's business transactions. c. cost accounting measures information related to the costs of acquiring or using resources in an organization, whereas financial accounting measures a financial position of a company to investors, banks, and external parties. d. cost accounting deals with product design, production, and marketing strategies, whereas financial accounting deals mainly with pricing of the products.

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Suppose a holiday inn hotel has annual fixed costs applicable to its rooms of $1.2 million for its 300-room hotel, average daily room rents of $50, and average variable costs of $10 for each room rented. it operates 365 days per year. the amount of operating income on rooms, assuming an occupancy* rate of 80% for the year, that will be generated for the entire year is *occupancy = % of rooms rented