Comparative Financial Statements for Bent Stew Enterprises Are Shown Below

question 66

Multiple Choice

Comparative financial statements for Bent Stew Enterprises are shown below: $\begin{array}{lrrr}&\text { December } 31\\&2018&2017\\\text { Assets }\\\text { Current assets: }\\\text { Cash } & \$ 3,000 & \$ 800 \\\text { Accounts receivable } & 8,500 & 6,000 \\\text { Inventory } & 12,000 & 8,200 \\\text { Prepaid expenses } & 1,400 & 900 \\\text { Total current assets } & 24,900 & 15,900 \\\quad \text { Property, plant, and equipment, net } & 103,600 & 123,300 \\\text { Intangible assets, net } & \mathbf{6 4 , 0 0 0} & \underline{47,000} \\\text { Total assets } & \$ 192,500 & \$ 186,200 \\\text { Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity }\\\text { Current liabilities: }\\\text { Accounts payable } & \$ 11,000 & \$ 12,000 \\\text { Other current liabilities } & 11,800 & 3,200 \\\text { Total current liabilities } & 22,800 & 15,200 \\\text { Long-term debt } & \underline{120,000} & 128,000 \\\text { Total liabilities }& \underline{142,800}& \underline{143,200}\\\text { Stockholders' equity: }\\\text { Common stock } & 15,000 & 15,000 \\\text { Additional paid-in capital } & 20,000 & 20,000 \\\text { Retained earnings } & 14,700 & 8,000 \\\text { Total stockholders' equity }&{49,700}&43,000 \\\text { Total liabilities and stockholders' equity } &\$192,500&\$186,200\\&\text { Year Ended December } 31\\&2018&2017\\\text { Sales } & \$ 250,000 & \$ 230,000 \\\text { Cost of goods sold } & 164,000 & 142,300 \\\text { Gross margin } & 86,000 & 87,700 \\\text { Operating expenses } & 64,000 & 54,000 \\\text { Operating income } & 22,000 & 33,700 \\\text { Interest expense } & \underline{7,500} & 5,900 \\\text { Earnings before income taxes } & 14,500 & 27,800 \\\text { Income taxes } & 7,800 & 7,140 \\\text { Net earnings }&\$6,700&\$20,680\end{array}$ Using vertical analysis, how would you best describe the change in the company's operating expenses from 2017 to 2018?

• A)Operating expenses increased from 1.63% of net earnings to 9.55% of net earnings from 2017 to 2018.
• B)Operating expenses increased by $10,000 from 2017 to 2018.
• C)Operating expenses increased from 23.5% to 25.6% of sales from 2017 to 2018.
• D)Operating expenses increased by 18.5% from 2017 to 2018.

Analyze how production levels affect cost structures, specifically regarding economies and diseconomies of scale.

Interpret cost data to understand the behavior of cost curves, including Average Total Cost (ATC), and Marginal Cost (MC) curves.

Define and calculate average fixed costs for different levels of output.

Understand how learning-by-doing leads to economies of scale.

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