Tri fecta, a partnership, had revenues of $374,000 in its first year of operations. the partnership has not collected on $45,700 of its sales and still owes $39,900 on $180,000 of merchandise it purchased. there was no inventory on hand at the end of the year. the partnership paid $25,700 in salaries. the partners invested $49,000 in the business and $21,000 was borrowed on a five-year note. the partnership paid $2,100 in interest that was the amount owed for the year and paid $9,400 for a two-year insurance policy on the first day of business. ignore income taxes. compute the cash balance at the end of the first year for tri fecta.

$221,000

Explanation:

Total cash received:

= (sales revenue - account receivable) + Owner's investment + amount borrowed

= ($374,000 - $45,700) + $49,000 + $21,000

= $398,300

Total cash disbursement:

= (Merchandise purchase - Accounts payable) + salary + interest + insurance

= ($180,000 - $39,900) + $25,700 + $2,100 + $9,400

= $177,300

cash balance at the end of the first year for Tri Fecta:

= Total cash received - Total cash disbursement

= $398,300 - $177,300

= $221,000

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Explanation:

Using the Exponential smoothing model below:-

Ft= Ft-1 + α (At-1 – Ft-1)

Where,

Ft= new forecast

Ft-1= previous period forecast

At-1= previous period actual demand

α =?     Ft-1=66    At-1=70        Ft= 66.6

Ft = 66 + α (70-66)

   66.6 = 66+ 4* α

   (66.6-66)= 4* α

   α = 0.6/4

     α = 0.15

Thus, alpha value will be 0.15 for simple exponential smoothing.