20) in january, 2012, yoder corporation purchased a mineral mine for $5,100,000 with
removable ore estimated by geological surveys at 2,000,000 tons. the property has an
estimated value of $300,000 after the ore has been extracted. the company incurred
$1,500,000 of development costs preparing the mine for production. during 2012,
500,000 tons were removed and 400,000 tons were sold. what is the amount of
depletion that yoder should expense for 2012?
a.$960,000
b.$1,200,000
c.$1,260,000
d.$1,680,000
21) on january 1, 2012, culver corporation had 110,000 shares of its $5 par value
common stock outstanding. on june 1, the corporation acquired 10,000 shares of stock
to be held in the treasury. on december 1, when the market price of the stock was $8,
the corporation declared a 15% stock dividend to be issued to stockholders of record on
december 16, 2012. what was the impact of the 15% stock dividend on the balance of
the retained earnings account?
a.$750,000 decrease
b.$120,000 decrease
c.$132,000 decrease
d.no effect
22) james, inc. incurred the following infrequent losses during 2012:
a $140,000 write-down of equipment leased to others.
a $80,000 adjustment of accruals on long-term contracts.
a $120,000 write-off of obsolete inventory.
in its 2012 income statement, what amount should james report as total infrequent
losses that are not considered extraordinary?
a.$340,000
b.$260,000
c.$220,000
d.$200,000
23) the floor to be used in applying the lower-of-cost-or-market method to inventory is