Chapter 1, Problem 2BE

The Accounting Equation Using the accounting equation, answer each of the following independent questions. Burlin Company starts the year with $100,000 in assets and $80,000 in liabilities. Net income for the year is $25,000, and no dividends are paid. How much is owners equity at the end of the year? Chapman Inc. doubles the amount of its assets from the beginning to the end of the year. Liabilities at the end of the year amount to $40,000, and owners equity is $20,000. What is the amount of Chapmans assets at the beginning of the year? During the year, the liabilities of Dixon Enterprises triple in amount. Assets at the beginning of the year amount to $30,000, and owners equity is $10,000. What is the amount of liabilities at the end of the year?

Determine the following amounts: a. The amount of the liabilities of a business that has 60,800 in assets and in which the owner has 34,500 equity. b. The equity of the owner of a tour bus that cost 57,000 and on which is owed 21,800 on an installment loan payable to the bank. c. The amount of the assets of a business that has 11,780 in liabilities and in which the owner has 28,500 equity.

Comparing Two Companies in the Same Industry: Chipotle and Panera Bread Refer to the financial information for Chipotle and Panera Bread reproduced at the end of this book and answer the following questions: Required What is the dollar amount of inventories that each company reports on its balance sheet at the end of the most recent year? What percentage of total assets do inventories represent for each company? What does this tell you about the nature of their business? Refer to Note 1 in Chipotles annual report. What inventory valuation method does the company use? Refer to Note 2 in Panera Breads annual report. What inventory valuation method does the company use? How do both companies deal with situations in which the market value of inventory is less than its cost? Given the nature of their businesses, which inventory system, periodic or perpetual, would you expect both Chipotle and Panera Bread to use? Explain your answer.