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Chapter 1, Problem 7BTN
ENTREPRENEURIAL DECISION
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Refer to this chapter's opening feature about Apple. Assume that the owners decide to open a new company with an innovative mobile app devoted to microblogging for accountants and those learning accounting. This new company will be called AccountApp.
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- 1. AccountApp obtains a $500,000 loan and the two owners contribute $250,000 in total from their own savings in exchange for ownership of the new company.
- a. What is the new company's total amount of liabilities plus equity?
- b. What is the new company's total amount of assets?
- 2. If the new company earns $80,250 in net income in the first year of operation, compute its return on assets (assume average assets equal $750,000). Assess its performance if competitors average a 10% return.
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