Question 61
The owner of a small bakery is interested in forecasting the bakery's total sales for a certain date. The owner believes that sales on a given day are influenced by the day's highest temperature (in degrees F) and whether the day falls on a weekend (Saturday or Sunday). A random sample of 60 days is taken from November 2013 to May 2014; the regression results are given below. If the high temperature for tomorrow, a Thursday, is forecasted to be 60 degrees F, what does the model predict the total sales will be?
Note that the weekend dummy variable takes a value of one for Saturday and Sunday and zero otherwise.
Question 62
A company reported income before taxes of $800,000 for Year 2. The company did not have temporary taxable differences at the end of Year 1 but reported a net deferred tax asset of $6,000 for Year 2. The effective income tax rate is 30 percent. What amount should the company pay as income tax for Year 2?
Question 63
As of Dec. 31, 2013, a company had current assets of $600,000 and current liabilities of
$300,000. Sales of the company are expected to increase by 10 percent for each of the next two years. If all current asset and current liability accounts increase proportionately with sales, what would be the projected current ratio of the company on Dec. 31, 2015?
Question 64
The management of a company is evaluating a potential capital expenditure. They are
using a discount rate of eight percent. They decide to see what the impact would be of changing the discount rate to 10 percent. Which of the following measurements would change?
Question 65
An online music streaming company has two subscription options:
1.Listen to unlimited music with five minutes of advertisements for every hour of music.
2.Pay a monthly fee and listen to unlimited music with no ads.
If a potential customer wants to subscribe to the company but is indifferent between options 1 and 2, the customer's willingness to pay (WTP) is: