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-What is the absolute value of quantity a?

-What is the value of quantity b?

-What is the absolute value of quantity c?

-What is the absolute value of quantity d?

-What is the "Rule Source" for d2? (Choose one:)

a. Constant % of sales

b. The CFO and/or the board

c. An accounting equation

d. Hamada's equation

e. Macro-economic indifference

f. The no free lunch rule

-What is the value of quantity e?

-What is the absolute value of quantity g (EOY 20X1 Debt)?

-How much cash will the firm have available to invest in bitcoin at EOY 20X1 (quantity f)?

Today is 1/1/20X1. Like MicroStrategy, Tesla and Square before it, Xiaomi's (XIA's) board has come to believe that the US dollar is a depreciating asset, and therefore the firm should hold some Bitcoin as well as cash. XIA's board has asked the firm's CFO to start buying Bitcoin at the end of 20X1. Given all the information provided below, XIA's CFO asks you how much cash the firm will have available to invest in Bitcoin at the end of 20X1. Solve this problem for her by reviewing all the info the CFO has given you below and providing the numbers she requests in green. Hint: Use the given information and our rules for projecting accounts forward to solve for "Cash Available to Invest in Bitcoin" on the 20X1 Balance Sheet. First project the PPE roll-forward equation, then the Income Statement, then project the Equity roll forward equation to solve for Equity complete everything else that you can on the Balance Sheet, and solve for "Cash Available to Invest in Bitcoin" by using A = L+E Another Hint: If you get stuck on one number, don't spend too much time on it. Give yourself something like 5 minutes to sort it and then move on. Better to keep answering questions that to run out of time. Today is 1/1/20X1. Like MicroStrategy, Tesla and Square before it, Xiaomi's (XIA's) board has come to believe that the US dollar is a depreciating asset, and therefore the firm should hold some Bitcoin as well as cash. XIA's board has asked the firm's CFO to start buying Bitcoin at the end of 20X1. Given all the information provided below, XIA's CFO asks you how much cash the firm will have available to invest in Bitcoin at the end of 20X1. Solve this problem for her by reviewing all the info the CFO has given you below and providing the numbers she requests in green. Hint: Use the given information and our rules for projecting accounts forward to solve for "Cash Available to Invest in Bitcoin" on the 20X1 Balance Sheet. First project the PPE roll-forward equation, then the Income Statement, then project the Equity roll forward equation to solve for Equity complete everything else that you can on the Balance Sheet, and solve for "Cash Available to Invest in Bitcoin" by using A = L+E Another Hint: If you get stuck on one number, don't spend too much time on it. Give yourself something like 5 minutes to sort it and then move on. Better to keep answering questions that to run out of time

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