Answer:
1. A statement of company policy regarding refunds
Explanation:
A statement of company policy regarding refunds would give clarity to the customer on the reason why the request for refund was denied.
A retired married customer, age 73, has a portfolio that is invested in Blue Chip stocks and Treasury bonds that provides current income. The customer is concerned that he is paying a very high Federal and State combined income tax rate. An appropriate recommendation for this customer would be to diversify part of his portfolio into an investment in:
Answer:
The answer is Municipal bonds
Explanation:
Municipal bonds are securities(debt securities) issued by states, cities, counties etc. It is generally issued to fund capital project like construction of roads, schools etc.
Municipal bonds are generally valued for being exempt from federal, state or local taxes taxes. Hence, the reason why the customer should invest in this type of bond since the customer is being concerned about high tax that he has been paying.
Understanding cost behavior depends on all of the following except a.intangibles. b.relevant range. c.activity drivers. d.activity bases.
Answer:
a.intangibles.
Explanation:
The cost behavior refers to behavior in which it shows the changes in the cost if there is a change in any kind of activity
It can be based on given range, activity drivers, activity bases but not with the intangible cases as intangible refers to the asset which cannot be visible or even touched like intellectual properties i.e copyrights, patents, goodwill, etc
Hence, the correct option is a.
Suppose there are five sellers and five buyers in a rental market, each willing to buy or sell one rental unit, with values of {1000,900,800,700,600}. Assuming no transactions costs and a competitive market, what is the equilibrium price in this market
Answer: $800
Explanation;
The Equilibrium price is the price where the quantity sold by buyers equals the quantity sold by sellers.
Going by the following schedule that price would be $800 because at that point Sellers are willing to sell 3 units and Buyers are willing to buy 3 units.
Price Quantity Demanded Quantity Sold
1,000 1 5
900 2 4
800 3 3
700 4 2
600 5 1
Using a payoff matrix to determine the equilibrium outcome Suppose there are only two firms that sell Blu-ray players: Movietonia and Videotech. The following payoff matrix shows the profit (in millions of dollars) each company will earn, depending on whether it sets a high or low price for its players.
Videotech Pricing
High Low
Movietonia Pricing High 11, 11 2, 15
Low 15, 2 8, 8
For example, the lower-left cell shows that if Movietonia prices low and Videotech prices high, Movietonia will earn a profit of $15 million and Videotech will earn a profit of $3 million. Assume this is a simultaneous game and that Movietonia and Videotech are both profit-maximizing firms.
1. If the firms do not collude, what strategies will they end up choosing?
2. The game between Movietonia and Videotech is an example of the prisoners' dilemma.
a. true
b. false
Answer:
pricing low
yes
Explanation:
Game theory looks at the interactions between participants in a competitive game and calculates the best choice for the player.
Dominant strategy is the best option for a player regardless of what the other player is playing.
Nash equilibrium is the best outcome for players where no player has an incentive to change their decisions.
if either firm charges high, they either earn 11 million or 2 million.
if either firm charges low, it would earn either 15 million or 8 million.
because the payoffs of charging low is higher than the payoffs of charging high, the best strategy is for the firms to charge low if there is no cooperation.
the game is a prisoners dilemma because the choice the firms make isn't the choice that will yield the highest payoffs. the choice that would yield the highest payoffs is to both charge high prices.
"What is the four-firm concentration ratio for an industry where the top nine firms having following distribution of sales: 20%, 12%, 11%, 10%, 9%, 3%, 6%, 4%, and 3%
Answer:
53%
Explanation:
The computation of the four-firm concentration ratio for an industry is shown below:
= 20% + 12% + 11% + 10%
= 53%
We simply added the top four ratios so that the four firm concentration ratio could come
ANd, the other given percentage would be ignored as it shows the less distribution of sales as compares to the top one
Hence, the ratio is 53%
Oral Roberts Dental Supplies has annual sales of $5,625,000. 80% are on credit. The firm has $475,000 in accounts receivable. Compute the value of the average collection period.
Answer:
The answer is 38 days
Explanation:
The average collection period is the number of days it takes a company to convert its credit sales to cash
Average collection period = (account receivables/average credit sales) x 360 days
Credit sales = 80% of $5,625,000
=0.8 x $5,625,000
=$4,500,000.
Average collection period is therefore,
($475,000/$4,500,000) x 360 days
=0.10555556 x 360days
=38 days
Bank A quotes a bid rate of $0.300 and an ask rate of $0.305 for the Malaysian ringgit (MYR). Bank B quotes a bid rate of $0.306 and an ask rate of $0.310 for the ringgit. What will be the profit for an investor that has $500,000 available to conduct locational arbitrage
Answer: $1639.3
Explanation:
From the question, we are informed that Bank A quotes a bid rate of $0.300 and an ask rate of $0.305 for the Malaysian ringgit (MYR) and that bank B quotes a bid rate of $0.306 and an ask rate of $0.310 for the ringgit.
The profit for an investor that has $500,000 available to conduct locational arbitrage goes thus:
Purchasing Malaysian ringgit (MYR) from bank A at the ask rate will be:
= $500,000/$0.305
= 1,639,344.3
Selling the Malaysian ringgit (MYR) at bank B based on the ask rate will be:
= 1,639,344.3 × 0.306
= $501,639.3
The profit for an investor that has $500,000 available to conduct locational arbitrage will be:
= $501,639.3 - $500,000
= $1639.3
A large company is accused of gender discrimination in wages. The following model has been estimated from the company's human resource information.
In (WAGE) = 1.439 + .0834 EDU + .0512 EXPER + .1932 MALE
Where WAGE is hourly wage, EDU is years of education. EXPER is years of relevant experience, and MALE indicates the employee is male How much more do men at the firm earn, on average?
a) $1.21 per hour more than females
b) 19.32% more than females
c) $19.32 per hour
d) $19, 320 more per year than females^2
Answer: b) 19.32% more than females
Explanation:
According to the model for calculating how wages are paid to employees, there is a .1932 coefficient attached to being a male employee. This means that 0.1932 (19.32% ) is added to an employees salary if they are males. This simply means that males are getting paid 19.32% more than other employees in the company which is this case are females.
Norred Corporation has provided the following information: Cost per Unit Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead Sales commissions Variable administrative expense Fixed selling and administrative expense 7.50 3.70 1.60 1.50 $ 045 Cost per Period 121,500 44,500 If 8,000 units are produced, the total amount of indirect manufacturing cost incurred is closest to: A) $120,800 B) $134,300 C) $12,800 D) $121,500
Answer:
$134,300
Explanation:
Total indirect manufacturing cost = (Unit Produced * Variable manufactured overhead) + Fixed manufacturing overhead
= (8,000 * 1.60) + 121,500
=12,800 + 121,150
=$134,300
Hencc, the total amount of indirect manufacturing cost is $134,300
1 points eBookPrintReferences Check my work Check My Work button is now disabled3Item 2Item 2 1 points Today, your dream car costs $65,500. You feel that the price of the car will increase at an annual rate 2.4 percent. If you plan to wait 4 years to buy the car, how much will it cost at that time
Answer:
$72,018.011
Explanation:
Calculation of how much will it cost at that time you plan to wait 4 years to buy the car
Using this formula
Cost =Car cost (Increase in price)^ Number of years
Let plug in the formula
Cost =$65,500(1+0.024)^4
Cost =$65,500(1.024)^4
Cost =$65,500(1.09951162)
Cost =$72,018.011
Therefore the amount that it will cost at that time you plan to wait 4 years to buy the car will be $72,018.011
Find the amount of the payment to be made into a sinking fund so that enough will be present to accumulate the following amount. Payments are made at the end of each period. $95 comma 00095,000; money earns 66% compounded semiannually for 2 and one half2 1 2 years
Answer:
PV= $81,947.83
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Future value= $95,000
Interest rate= 0.03
Number of periods= 5
To calculate the initial investment required to reach the objective, we need to use the following formula:
PV= FV/(1+i)^n
PV= 95,000/(1.03^5)
PV= $81,947.83
Innovations are allowing consumers to utilize gesture, touch, and voice to control computers and other devices. This is an example of a(n) __________ force that could impact many industries.
Answer:
This question is incomplete, the options are missing. The options are the following:
a) Economic
b) Technological
c) Competitive
d) Regulatory
e) Social
And the correct answer is the option B: Technological.
Explanation:
To begin with, those kind of innovations like gesture, touch and voice commands that are focused in controlling the computers in a major amount of ways so therefore the use of the device will be easier for the users, are only trying to tend to the new ways of technology that will eventually in the future dominate in the industries and will cause an increase in the production of those companies that use that kind of technology because it only makes it easier to do the tasks and therefore that the technology force mentioned will only impact in a great way in many industries.
If a firm's beta was calculated as 1.35 in a regression equation, a commonly-used adjustment technique would provide an adjusted beta of Group of answer choices zero or less. between 0.0 and 1.0. between 1.0 and 1.35. greater than 1.35.
Answer: between 1.0 and 1.35
Explanation:
The Market beta is 1 and for this reason all Betas will usually equal 1 on average because they will usually move towards 1.
This means that when adjusted, the Beta will move from it's current number towards 1 so when adjusted, the Beta will be between it's current figure and 1. In this case that is 1.35 so the beta will be between 1 and 1.35.
The formula however is;
Adjusted beta = 2/3(sample beta) + 1/3(1)
= 2/3(1.35) + 1/3
= 1.23
The adjusted figure is 1.23 which is between 1 and 1.35.
Choose the most accurate statement: If these projects are mutually exclusive, which project should be chosen by the CEO of the firm if the CEO’s primary objective is to maximize shareholder value? Assume the opportunity cost of capital is 10% for both projects
Answer:
Project A is the better option than Project B.
Explanation:
The NPV of the project will decide which is the option with greater value to shareholders. As we can see that the NPV of Project A at 10% cost of capital is greater than the NPV of Project B at the same 10% cost of capital. So the best option here is Project A as is more in value than project B. Hence the CEO must select Project A.
Costs that are incurred in generating revenues during the period, but are not involved in the manufacturing process are referred to as Group of answer choices
The question is incomplete:
Costs that are incurred in generating revenues during the period, but are not involved in the manufacturing process are referred to as Group of answer choices
-Period costs
-Conversion costs
-Product costs
-Factory overhead costs
Answer:
Period costs
Explanation:
-Period costs are costs that can't be related to the production process but to a period of time and they help to earn profits and are recorded as an expense, for example, comissions and administrative expenses.
-Conversion costs is the amount of money that the company uses to transform the raw materials into finished goods.
-Product costs refer to all the costs incurred by a business to create a product.
-Factory overhead costs refers to the costs incurred by a business to create a product but that can't be related to the production process, for example, factory utilities and repairs.
According to this, the answer is that the costs that are incurred in generating revenues during the period, but are not involved in the manufacturing process are referred to as period costs because these are costs that help the company to earn money but that can't be traced to a specific stage of the production process.
_____ illuminates exactly what activities are associated with serving a particular customer and how these activities are linked to revenues and the consumption of resources.
Answer:
Activity based costing
Explanation:
Activity based costing is defined as a method of costing that identifies the activities involved in production in an organisation, and assign cost of the activity to the product.
It provides an objective way of assigning cost. Activities that contribute more to the production of a product will have a higher cost assigned to that product.
Manufacturing companies more accurately assign overhead cost to products.
For example machine hours can be used as a cost driver in the production process. The higher the machine hours of a process the higher the cost of that process assigned to the product.
Bonds with a face amount $1,000,000, are sold at 96. The entry to record the issuance is
A. Cash 1,000,000
Premium on Bonds Payable 40,000
Bonds Payable 960,000
B. Cash 960,000
Premium on Bonds Payable 40,000
Bonds Payable 1,000,000
C. Cash 960,000
Discount on Bonds Payable 40,000
Bonds Payable 1,000,000
D. Cash 960,000
Bonds Payable 960,000
Answer:
Option C is correct
Explanation:
The cash proceeds from the bond issuance is 96% of its face value i.e 96%*$1,000,000=$960,000
The discount on bonds payable=Face value-cash proceeds
The discount on bonds payable=$1,000,000-$960,000=$40,000
The appropriate entries would be to credit bonds payable with $1000,000 while cash and discount on bonds payable are debited with $960,000 and $40,000 respectively
Use the following information for Meeker Corp. to determine the amount of equity to report. Cash $ 72,000 Buildings 126,500 Land 208,600 Liabilities 131,500 A. $22,600. B. $275,600. C. $407,100. D. $538,600. E. $285,600.
Answer:
$276,500
Explanation:
The computation of the total equity is shown below;
As we know that
Accounting equation is
Total assets = Total liabilities + total stockholder equity
where,
Total assets is
= Cash + land + buildings
= $72,000 + $208,600 + $126,500
= $407,100
And, the total liabilities is $131,500
So, the total stockholder equity is
= $407,100 - $131,500
= $276,500
We simply applied the above formula
After the JPR Corporation paid its employees on May 15, 2019, and recorded the corporation’s share of payroll taxes for the payroll paid that date, the firm’s general ledger showed a balance of $1,730 in the Social Security Tax Payable account, a balance of $356 in the Medicare Tax Payable account, and a balance of $1,972 in the Employee Income Tax Payable account. On May 16, 2019, the business issued a check to deposit the taxes owed in the local bank. Record this transaction in a general journal form.
Answer:
Given that the firm's general ledger showed the following:
Balance in the Social Security Tax Payable account = $1,730
Balance in the Medicare Tax Payable account = $356
Balance in the Employee Income Tax Payable account = $1,972.
Record this transaction in a general journal form:
Date: May 16, 2019
Account title: Social Security Tax Payale. Dr. $1,730
Medicare Tax Payable. Dr. $356
Employee Income Tax Payable, Dr. $1,972
Bank/Cash(Total), Cr. $4,058
Leaper Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with the following three activity cost pools:
Total Activity Activity Cost Pool machine- Fabrication 35,000 hours Order processing 300 orders Other Not applicable The Other activity cost pool is used to accumulate costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs: Wages and salaries Depreciation $420,000 170,000 190,000 Occupancy $780,000 Total The distribution of resource consumption across activity cost pools is given below:
Activity Cost Pools Order Processing Fabrication other Total Wages and salaries Depreciation 30% 25% 45% 100% 20% 50% 30% 100% 40% 35% 100% 25% Occupancy
The activity rate for the Order Processing activity cost pool is closest to:
The activity rate for the Order Processing activity cost pool is closest to:
a) $633 per order
b) $1,745 per order
c) $855 per order
d) $572 per order
Answer:
Order processing= $846.67 per order
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Activity costs:
Wages and salaries= 420,000
Depreciation= $170,000
Occupancy= $190,000
Activity Cost Pools:
Order Processing:
Wages and salaries= 0.3
Depreciation= 0.25
Occupancy= 0.45
Order processing 300 orders
First, we need to calculate the total overhead cost for order processing:
Wages and salaries= 0.3*420,000= 126,000
Depreciation= 0.25*170,000= 42,500
Occupancy= 0.45*190,000= 85,500
Total= $254,000
Now, using the following formula, we can determine the predetermined overhead rate:
Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= total estimated overhead costs for the period/ total amount of allocation base
Order processing= 254,000/300= $846.67 per order
Durban Metal Products, Ltd., of the Republic of South Africa makes specialty metal parts used in applications ranging from the cutting edges of bulldozer blades to replacement parts for Land Rovers. The company uses an activity-based costing system for internal decision-making purposes. The company has four activity cost pools as listed below:________.
Activity Cost Pool Activity Measure Activity Rate
Order size Number of direct labor-hours $ 16.85 per direct labor-hour
Customer orders Number of customer orders $ 320.00 per customer order
Product testing Number of testing hours $ 89.00 per testing hour
Selling Number of sales calls $ 1,090.00 per sales call
The managing director of the company would like information concerning the cost of a recently completed order for heavy-duty trailer axles. The order required 200 direct labor-hours, 4 hours of product testing, and 2 sales calls.Required:Prepare a report summarizing the overhead costs assigned to the order for heavy-duty trailer axles. What is the total overhead cost assigned to the order?
Answer:
Overhead Report for heavy-duty trailer axles.
Order size ($ 16.85 × 200) $3,370.00
Customer orders ($ 320.00 × 1) $320.00
Product testing ($ 89.00 × 4) $356.00
Selling ( $ 1,090.00 × 2) $2,180.00
Total $6,226.00
Conclusion :
The total overhead cost assigned to the order is $6,226.00
Explanation:
ABC system allocates overheads to jobs using cost drivers.
First an Activity Center where costs accumulate is identified these can be several in our scenario we have four Activity Centers.
Then the Cost driver rate is calculated for each Activity Center. Our question has provided these.
The final step is to allocate the overheads to a particular job using the cost driver rate.
___ are the criteria the firm uses to screen credit applicants in order to determine which of its customers should be offered credit and how much.
Answer:
Credit standards
Explanation:
The credit standard refers to the guidelines that are issued by the organization which analyzed whether the borrower is eligible for the loan or not. It could be checked by his or her credit score that reflects the full picture of borrower credit history i.e borrower is paying the amount of loan within in the given time or not or he is a defaulter that helps in deciding whether to offer credit or not and by how much
Quince Holman Corporation reports: Cash provided by operating activities $250,000 Cash used by investing activities 110,000 Cash provided by financing activities 140,000 Beginning cash balance 70,000 What is Holman's ending cash balance
Answer:
Holman's ending cash balance is $350,000.
Explanation:
The Ending Cash Balance can be obtained by Preparing a Cash Flow Statement as follows :
Quince Holman Corporation
Cash Flow Statement
Net Cash from Operating Activities $250,000
Net Cash from Investing Activities ($110,000)
Net Cash from Financing Activities $140,000
Movement during the Year $280,000
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the Beginning of the year $70,000
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the End of the year $350,000
Conclusion :
Holman's ending cash balance is $350,000.
A customer owns 100 shares of ABC stock and owns 1 ABC Put option. The customer wishes to sell the stock by exercising the put, but wishes to retain a recently declared cash dividend. The first date that the customer can exercise the put and still retain the dividend is:
Answer:
July 15th
Explanation:
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If Mikael decides to go out with his friends instead of study for his biology test, what is the opportunity cost?
Answer:
Studying his biology test
Explanation:
opportunity cost refers to the cost of the forgone alternative inorder to enjoy another service
Nabors Company reported the following current assets and liabilities for December 31 for two recent years: Dec. 31, Current Year Dec. 31, Previous Year Cash $1,430 $1,710 Temporary investments 3,120 3,840 Accounts receivable 7,150 2,610 Inventory 2,340 2,300 Accounts payable 6,500 5,100 Required: a. Compute the quick ratio on December 31 of both years. If required, round your answers to one decimal place. Quick Ratio December 31, current year December 31, previous year b. Is the quick ratio improving or declining?
Answer:
a. Quick ratio for current year =2.16
Quick ratio for current year =2.05
b. Improving
Explanation:
A.
To find quick ratios we need to divide current assets by current liabilities
Quick Ratio = [tex]\frac{currentasssets}{currentliabilities}[/tex]
Current assets Dec 31 current year Dec 31 previous year
Cash $1,430 $1,710
Temporary investment $3,120 $3,840
Accounts receivable $7,150 $2,610
Inventory $2,340 $2,300
Total current assets $14,040 $10,460
Current liability
Account payable $6,500 $5,100
Quick Ratio [tex]\frac{14040}{6500 }[/tex] [tex]\frac{10460}{5100}[/tex]
Quick Ratio 2.16 2.05
B.
As you can see above that in the previous year Nabors company had a quick ratio of 2.05 but it has slightly increased by 0.11 in the current year.
Answer:
Quick Ratio for the current year = 3.78
Quick Ratio for the previous year = 1.6
Explanation:
Nabors Company
Dec. 31, Current Year Dec. 31, Previous Year
Cash $1,430 $1,710
Temporary investments 3,120 3,840
Accounts receivable 7,150 2,610
Inventory 2,340 2,300
Accounts payable 6,500 5,100
Quick Ratio = Cash + Cash Equivalents + Accounts Receivables/ Accounts Payables
Quick Ratio for the current year = $ 1430+ 3120 + 7150/ 6500
= 24570/6500= 3.78
Quick Ratio for the previous year = $ 1710+ 3840 + 2610/ 5100
= 8160/5100= 1.6
A quick ratio less than 1.0 means that the current liabilities exceed the quick assets. a rule of thumb the quick ratio must have a value greater than 1.0 to conclude that the company is unlikely to face near term liquidity problems. . A value less than 1.0 raises the liquidity concerns unless the a company can generate enough cash from inventory sales or if much of its liabilities are not due until late in the next period.
Similarly a value greater than 1.0 can hide a liquidity problem if payable are due shortly and receivables are not collected late until next period.
It is improving.
Winkin contributes property with a value of $45,000 and Blinkin contributes property with a value of $90,000 to form Boat Corp in exchange for 25 and 50 shares of Boat, respectively. Which shareholder qualifies for Section 351 deferral of any gain or loss
Answer:
Winkin, with 25 shares of Boat Corporation, qualifies for Section 351 deferral of any gain or loss.
Explanation:
IRC Section 351 has this major requirement; it only applies to the exchange of property for voting stock in the corporation. If any shareholder involved in the transaction receives equity for something other than voting stock, e.g. services; the transaction may not qualify for tax deferral.
If all the assumptions of perfect competition hold, why would firms in such an industry have little incentive to carry out technological change or much research and development? What conditions would encourage research and development in competitive industries?
Answer:
1. In a Perfectly Competitive Market firms will always copy the products of other firms to make profit which will drive down the Profitability of the original firm. If firms in a Perfect Competition engage in Research and Development for new products and Technology, they would be incurring a massive expense on their part because such undertakings are not cheap. Were they to succeed and come up with a new product, that Product would be copied within a short period of time by their competitors who did not put up the amount of Investment that the original company did. This is what firms in Perfectly Competitive Markets are trying to avoid.
b. Government Intervention in the form of enforcing Patents, Copyright Protection and Intellectual Property will be needed. If firms can be sure that when they come with a new product, their rights to it will be protected in such a way that they make enough returns from it, they will engage in these R&D endeavors to be able to have an edge over their competitors in the market.
The cost of an asset is $ 1 comma 050 comma 000, and its residual value is $ 130 comma 000. Estimated useful life of the asset is ten years. Calculate depreciation for the second year using the doubleminusdecliningminusbalance method of depreciation. (Do not round any intermediate calculations, and round your final answer to the nearest dollar.)
Answer:
$168,000
Explanation:
Depreciation expense using the double declining method = Depreciation factor x cost of the asset
Depreciation factor = 2 x (1/useful life)
Depreciation factor = 2 x (1/10) = 0.2
depreciation expense in year 1 = 0.2 x $1,050,000 =$210,000
book value at the beginning of year 2 = $1,050,000 - $210,000 = $840,000
depreciation expense in year 2 = 0.2 x $840,000 = $168,000
Consider the following cash flows: Year Cash Flow 2 $ 22,200 3 40,200 5 58,200 Assume an interest rate of 9 percent per year. a. If today is Year 0, what is the future value of the cash flows five years from now?
Answer:
Total FV= $134,711.26
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Cash Flow:
Cf2= $22,200
Cf3= $40,200
Cf5= $58,200
Interest rate= 9 percent per year.
To calculate the future value, we need to use the following formula on each cash flow:
FV= PV*(1+i)^n
Cf2= 22,200*(1.09^3)= 28,749.64
Cf3= 40,200*(1.09^2)= 47,761.62
Cf5= 58,200
Total FV= $134,711.26
A financial concept known as "face value" refers to a security's nominal or monetary value as indicated by its issuer. The Total Face Value is $134,711.26.
The given data is:
Cash Flow:
Cf2= $22,200
Cf3= $40,200
Cf5= $58,200
Interest rate= 9 percent per year.
The face value will be calculated as:
FV= PV*(1+i)^n
Cf2= 22,200*(1.09^3)= 28,749.64
Cf3= 40,200*(1.09^2)= 47,761.62
Cf5= 58,200
Total FV= $134,711.26.
The initial cost of the stock, as stated on the certificate, serves as the face value for stocks. In the case of bonds, it refers to the sum that is normally paid in $1,000 increments to the holder at maturity. Bond face values are frequently referred to as "par value" or just "par."
The term "face value" refers to the nominal or monetary worth of a security; the issuing party declares the face value. A stock's face value is its initial purchase price, as stated on its certificate; a bond's face value is the amount that must be paid to the bond's issuer.
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