Bond Company recorded bad debt expense of $35,000 and wrote off accounts receivable of $20,000 during the current year. The net effect of these two transactions on net income was a decrease of $55,000. a decrease of $35,000. a decrease of $20,000. no effect.

Xinhong company is considering replacing one of its manufacturing machines. the machine has a book value of $39,000 and a remaining useful life of 5 years, at which time its salvage value will be zero. it has a current market value of $49,000. variable manufacturing costs are $33,300 per year for this machine. information on two alternative replacement machines follows. alternative a alternative b cost $ 115,000 $ 117,000 variable manufacturing costs per year 22,900 10,100 1. calculate the total change in net income if alternative a and b is adopted. 2. should xinhong keep or replace its manufacturing machine