Question: The comparative balance sheets for 2 0 2 4 and 2 0 2 3 and the income statement for 2 0 2 4 are given

The comparative balance sheets for 2024 and 2023 and the income statement for 2024 are given below for Arduous Company. Additional information from Arduous's accounting records is provided also.
Additional information from the accounting records:
a. Investment revenue includes Arduous Company's \(\$ 10\) million share of the net income of Demur Company, an equity method investee.
b. Treasury bills were sold during 2024 at a gain of \(\$ 2\) million. Arduous Company classifies its investments in Treasury bills as cash equivalents. Additional information from the accounting records:
a. Investment revenue includes Arduous Company's \(\$ 10\) million share of the net income of Demur Company, an equity method investee.
b. Treasury bills were sold during 2024 at a gain of \(\$ 2\) million. Arduous Company classifies its investments in Treasury bills as cash equivalents.
c. Equipment originally costing \(\$ 78\) million that was one-half depreciated was rendered unusable by a flood. Most major components of the equipment were unharmed and were sold for \(\$ 13\) million.
d. Temporary differences between pretax accounting income and taxable income caused the deferred tax liability to increase by \(\$ 7\) million.
e. The preferred stock of Tory Corporation was purchased for \(\$ 29\) million as a long-term investment.
f. Land costing \(\$ 50\) million was acquired by issuing \(\$ 25\) million cash and a \(10\%\), four-year, \(\$ 25\) million note payable to the seller.
g. At December 31,2024, the right to use a building was acquired with a 15-year finance lease agreement; present value of lease payments, \(\$ 78\) million. Annual lease payments of \(\$ 6\) million are paid at the end of each year beginning in 2024.
h .\(\$ 64\) million of bonds were retired at maturity.
i. In February, Arduous issued a stock dividend (5.6 million shares). The market price of the \(\$ 5\) par value common stock was \(\$ 7.50\) per share at that time.
j. In April, 1 million shares of common stock were repurchased as treasury stock at a cost of \(\$ 13.00\) million.
Required:
Prepare the statement of cash flows of Arduous Company for the year ended December 31,2024. Present cash flows from operating activities by the direct method.
Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in millions (i.e.,10,000,000 should be entered as 10). Amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign.
The comparative balance sheets for 2 0 2 4 and 2

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