Blossom Company began operations on January 1, 2020, and uses the FIFO method in costing its raw material inventory. Management is contemplating a change to the LIFO method and is interested in determining what effect such a change will have on net income. Accordingly, the following information has been developed: Final Inventory 2020 2021 FIFO $520000 $ 592000 LIFO 470000 586000 Net Income (computed under the FIFO method) 870000 1250000 The company deems it impracticable to apply the retrospective approach. Based on the above information, a change to the LIFO method in 2021 would result in net income for 2021 of:.
a. $870000.
b. $1244000.
c. $1250000.
d. $1060000.

Your company is starting a new r& d initiative: a development of a new drug that dramatically reduces the addiction to smoking. the expert team estimates the probability of developing the drug succesfully at 60% and a chance of losing the investment of 40%. if the project is successful, your company would earn profits (after deducting the investment) of 9,000 (thousand usd). if the development is unsuccessful, the whole investment will be lost -1,000 (thousand usd). your company's risk preference is given by the expected utility function: u(x) v1000 +x, where x is the monetary outcome of a project. calculate the expected profit of the project . calculate the expected utility of the project . find the certainty equivalent of this r& d initiative . find the risk premium of this r& d initiative e is the company risk-averse, risk-loving or risk-neutral? why do you think so?