Presented below are the basic assumptions and principles underlying financial statements. a. Historical cost principle d. Going concern assumption b. Economic entity assumption e. Monetary unit assumption c. Full disclosure principle f. Periodicity assumption Identify the basic assumption or principle that is described below. 1. The economic life of a business can be divided into artificial time periods. select a key letter 2. The business will continue in operation long enough to carry out its existing objectives. select a key letter 3. Assets should be recorded at their acquisition cost. select a key letter 4. Economic events can be identified with a particular unit of accountability. select a key letter 5. Circumstances and events that could make a difference to financial statement users should be disclosed. select a key letter 6. Only transaction data that can be expressed in terms of money should be included in the accounting records.

Baker industries’s net income is $24,000, its interest expense is $5,000, and its tax rate is 40%. its notes payable equals $27,000, long-term debt equals $75,000, and common equity equals $250,000. the firm finances with only debt and common equity, so it has no preferred stock. what are the firm’s roe and roic?

Companies in the u.s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct

You decide to invest in a portfolio consisting of 25 percent stock a, 25 percent stock b, and the remainder in stock c. based on the following information, what is the expected return of your portfolio? state of economy probability of state return if state occurs of economy stock a stock b stock c recession .16 - 16.4 % - 2.7 % - 21.6 % normal .55 12.6 % 7.3 % 15.9 % boom .29 26.2 % 14.6 % 30.5 %