True/False: Read design books alone will make you a great designer.

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.

An energy production company has the following information regarding the acquisition of new gas-turbine equipment. Purchase price = $780,000. Trans-oceanic shipping and delivery cost =$4300. Installation cost (1 technician at $1600 per day for 4 days) =$6400. Tax recovery period = 15 years. Book depreciation recovery period = 10 years. Salvage value = 10% of purchase price. Operating cost (with technician) = $185,000 per year. The manager of the department asked your friend in Accounting to enter the appropriate data into the tax-accounting program. What are the values of B, n, and S in depreciating the asset for tax purposes that he should enter?

The General Social Survey asks questions about one's happiness in marriage. Is there an association between gender and happiness in marriage? Use the data in the table to determine if gender is associated with happiness in marriage. Treat gender as the explanatory variable.

$$\begin{matrix} \text{ } & \text{Male} & \text{Female} & \text{Total}\\ \text{Very happy} & \text{7690} & \text{7942} & \text{15551}\\ \text{Pretty happy} & \text{3738} & \text{4447} & \text{8185}\\ \text{Not too happy} & \text{259} & \text{460} & \text{719}\\ \text{Total} & \text{11606} & \text{12849} & \text{24455}\\ \end{matrix}$$

Design an experiment to measure the speed of a toy train going around a circular track.

Recall the table discussed before that gives the price of a gallon of regular gasoline in the United States (in dollars) for the years $2003$ through $2011$. Another table discussed gives the price of a gallon of regular gasoline in the United States (in dollars) for the years $1990$ through $2002$.

By using $1990$ as the base year, construct a simple index for the prices of a gallon of regular gasoline in both tables.

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?

Design a brochure that explains information about each biological molecule discussed in this chapter.

Write the following sets:

(a) The set of letters used in the sentence “List the elements in a set only once.”

(b) The set of letters that are needed to spell these words: team, meat, mate, and tame

(c) The set of states in the United States that contain the letter Q

The following situations describe decision scenarios that could use managerial accounting information:

1. The manager of High Times Restaurant wants to determine the price to charge for various lunch plates.
2. By evaluating the cost of leftover materials, the plant manager of a precision tool facility wants to determine how effectively the plant is being run.
3. The division controller of West Coast Supplies needs to determine the cost of products left in inventory.
4. The manager of the Maintenance Department of a large manufacturing company wants to plan next year's anticipated expenditures.

For each situation, discuss how managerial accounting information could be used.

a. What are the three main particles in the modern model of an atom? b. Why do atoms have no electric charge even though most of their particles have charges? c. What is atomic number, and how is it used to distinguish one element from another? d. The atomic number of the isotope nitrogen-15 is 7 . How many protons, neutrons, and electrons make up an atom of nitrogen-15?

Silicon is the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust, and its compounds can be as ordinary as beach sand. However, silicon also plays an indispensable role in modern devices such as computers, cell phones, semiconductors, and solar panels. A recent technology incorporates silicon in nanometer-sized particles called quantum dots that act as luminescent labels for pancreatic cancer cells. Identify the electron configuration of a silicon atom.

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.

During the $1990$s, General Electric put together a long string of consecutive quarters in which the firm managed to meet or beat the earnings forecasts of Wall Street stock analysts. Some skeptics wondered if GE “managed" earnings to meet Wall Street's expectations, meaning that GE used accounting gimmicks to conceal the true volatility in its business. How do you think GE's long run of meeting or beating earnings forecasts affected its cost of capital? If investors learn that GE's performance was achieved largely through accounting gimmicks, how do you think they would respond?