As part of the Great Plains of the United States, the topography of the state of Kansas is relatively flat. On the other hand, portions of the state of Colorado are mountainous. Describe how the contour interval and the contour lines might vary on topographic maps of these two states.

Daniel Perkins is the sole shareholder of Perkins Inc., which is currently under protection of the U.S. bankruptcy court. As a "debtor in possession," he has negotiated the following revised loan agreement with United Bank. Perkins Inc.'s $600,000, 12%, 10-year note was refinanced with a$600,000, 5%, 10-year note.

Instructions

a. What is the accounting nature of this transaction?

b. Prepare the journal entry to record this refinancing.

1. On the books of Perkins Inc.
2. On the books of United Bank.

c. Discuss whether generally accepted accounting principles provide the proper information useful to managers and investors in this situation.

{a) Summarize What was the Monroe Doctrine?

{b) Clarify Problems Would the United States have looked weak if it had jointly issued a warning with Britain? Explain.

The Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the largest and best-managed opera companies in the United States. Managing opera productions requires advance planning, including the development of scenery, costumes, and stage properties and the sale of tickets. To measure how well the company is operating in any given year, management must apply accrual accounting to these and other transactions. At year-end, April 30, 2011, Lyric Opera’s balance sheet showed deferred production costs and other assets of $1,978,322 and deferred ticket and other revenue of$12,710,639. What accounting policies and adjusting entries are applicable to these accounts? Why are they important to Lyric Opera’s management?

Use the following information to answer.

An upscale department offers its customers free gift wrapping on any day that they spend at least $\$ 100$. The store offers 5 box sizes (XS, S, M, L, XL), 6 wrapping themes (birthday, wedding, baby girl, baby boy, anniversary, and all-occasion), and 3 styles of bow (classic, modern, and jazzy).

What is the probability that any wrapped package will be in a large box?

In the catalytic converters fitted to modern cars, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen in the exhaust gas are converted to other substances.

a. i. Why is carbon monoxide removed?

ii. Give one harmful effect of nitrogen dioxide.

b. What is meant by a catalytic reaction?

c. In one reaction in a catalytic converter, nitrogen monoxide (NO) reacts with carbon monoxide to form nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Write a balanced equation for this reaction.

In many of the world’s poorest countries, nearly 50 percent of the population is under 15 years of age. If these people are to help improve the productivity of their economies, they must be trained in modern methods of production. In 2000, just over 4 million of the 8.8 million people of Chad were under 15. Explain why it would be difficult for many of these children to be educated and become productive members of a growing economy.

The below statement corresponds to a numbered sentence in the passage. It contains a blank and is followed by four answer choices. Decide which choice fits best in the blank. The word or phrase that you choose must express roughly the same meaning as the italicized word in the passage. Write the letter of your choice on the answer line.

The $\underline{?}$ standards of modern works can be difficult to understand. ______________ (aesthetic)

a. high b. declining c. artistic d. commercial

As part of a school contest, Sarah and Luis are playing a math game. Sarah must pick a number between 1 and 50 and give Luis clues so he can write an equation to find her number . Sarah says, "If I subtract 5 from my numbe r, multiply that quantity by 4, and then add 7 to the result, I get 35:'

Explain the design of the type of gas container shown in the illustrations and graphs in Lesson 3.

How can you determine whether there is an interaction in the two-factor factorial design?

Solve the given problems.

In a modern hotel, where the elevators are directly observable from the lobby area (and a person can see from the elevators), a person in the lobby observes one of the elevators rising at the rate of $12.0$ ft/s. If the person was $50.0$ ft from the elevator when it left the lobby, how fast is the angle of elevation of the line of sight to the elevator increasing $10.0$ s later?

Constructing a rain gutter is a design for a rain gutter.

Express the volume $V$ as a function of $\theta$.

Listed below are nine technical accounting terms:

$$\begin{array}{lll}\text { Variable costs } & \text { Relevant range } & \text { Contribution margin } \\ \text { Break-even point } & \text { Fixed costs } & \text { Semivariable costs } \\ \text { Economies of scale } & \text { Sales mix } & \text { Unit contribution margin }\end{array}$$

Each of the following statements may (or may not) describe one of these technical terms. For each statement, indicate the accounting term described, or answer "None" if the statement does not correctly describe any of the terms.

g. Costs that respond to changes in sales volume by less than a proportionate amount.