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Critical Thinking: Balance Sheet (50 points)

 

Lander Inc. had the following balance sheet at December 31, 2008:

LANDER, INC.
Balance Sheet
December 31, 2008

Cash

$45,300

 

Accounts payable

$33,800

Accounts receivable

$18,900

 

Bonds payable

$35,000

Investments

$25,000

 

Common stock

$190,000

Plant assets (net)

$78,000

 

Retained earnings

$18,400

Land

$110,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Assets

$277,200

 

Total Liabilities & Equity

$277,200

During 2009 the following occurred.

 

  1. Lander liquidated its available-for-sale investment portfolio at a loss of $6,500.

  2. A tract of land was purchased for $31,000.

  3. An additional $20,000 in common stock was issued at par.

  4. Dividends totaling $5,000 were declared and paid to stockholders.

  5. Net income for 2009 was $29,000, including $7,000 in depreciation expense.

  6. Land was purchased through the issuance of $25,000 in additional bonds.

  7. At December 31, 009, Cash was $72,650, Accounts Receivable was $35,250, and Accounts Payable was $32,500.

    1. Prepare a statement of cash flows for the year 2009 for Lander.

    2. Prepare the balance sheet as it would appear at December 31, 2009.

 

 

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Critical Thinking: Jackson County Judges (95 points)

 

Jackson County judges try thousands of cases per year. In an overwhelming majority of the cases disposed, the verdict stands as rendered. However, some cases are appealed, and of those appealed, some of the cases are reversed. Jackie Chan of The Star Tribune conducted a study of cases handled by Jackson County judges over a three-year period. In the attached Excel file Judges are the results for the 182,908 cases handled (disposed) by 40 judges in Common Pleas Court, Domestic Relations Court, and Municipal Court.

 

The purpose of the newspaper's study was to evaluate the performance of the judges. The newspaper wanted to know which judges were doing a good job and which ones were making too many mistakes. You are to assist in the data analysis by using your knowledge of probability and conditional probability to help with the ranking of the judges as well as each court.

 

Managerial Report

Prepare a report (see below) with your ranking of the judges based on the probabilities and conditional probabilities as well as the analysis of each court. Include the following seven (7) items in table format to support your ranking. Be sure to use five (5) decimal places for your probabilities in the table as some of them will be quite small.

 

1. The probability of cases being appealed in each of the three different courts.

 

2. The probability of cases being reversed in each of the three different courts.

 

3. The probability of cases being reversed given an appeal in each of the three different courts.

 

4. The probability of a case being appealed for each judge.

 

5. The probability of a case being reversed for each judge.

 

6. The probability of reversal given an appeal for each judge.

 

7. Rank the judges within each court for each of the probabilities in 4 - 6. Then find the sum of the ranks and get an overall ranking for each judge.

 

Write a report that adheres to the Written Assignment Requirementsunder the heading “Expectations for CSU-Global Written Assignments” found in the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements. As with all written assignments at CSU-Global, you should have in-text citations and a reference page.

 

Be sure that your report contains the following:

 

  • A title page

  • An introduction

  • A body of the paper that answers the questions posed in the problem and calculations and graphs associated with this problem.

  • A conclusion paragraph that addresses your findings and what you have determined from the data and your analysis. 

 

 

Be sure to submit your Excel file as well.

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