TABLE 5-8 Two Different Designs on a New Line of Winter Jackets

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Essay

TABLE 5-8
Two different designs on a new line of winter jackets for the coming winter are available for your manufacturing plants. Your profit (in thousands of dollars) will depend on the taste of the consumers when winter arrives. The probability of the three possible different tastes of the consumers and the corresponding profits are presented in the following table.

-Referring to Table 5-8 if you decide to choose Design A for 90% of the production lines and Design B for the remaining production lines, what is the risk of your investment?

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Definitions:

Adjusting Entry

A journal entry made at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditures to the appropriate period for accurate financial reporting.

Sales Revenue Section

The part of a financial statement that details the income generated from sales of goods or services before any costs or expenses are subtracted.

Merchandising Company

A business that purchases goods wholesale and sells them retail; primarily involved in the selling of merchandise.

Gross Profit

The amount by which sales revenue exceeds the cost of goods sold, prior to the subtraction of administrative and other expenses.