In 2017, patterson wholesale company had net credit sales of $750,000. on january 1, 2017, allowance for doubtful accounts had a credit balance of $18,000. during 2017, $30,000 of uncollectible accounts receivable were written off. past experience indicates that the allowance should be 10% of the balance in receivables (percentage-of-receivables basis). if the accounts receivable balance at december 31 was $200,000, what is the required adjustment to allowance for doubtful accounts at december 31, 2017? (a)$20,000. (b)$75,000. (c)$32,000. (d)$30,000.

Advanced enterprises reports year-end information from 2018 as follows: sales (160,250 units) $968,000 cost of goods sold 641,000 gross margin 327,000 operating expenses 263,000 operating income $64,000 advanced is developing the 2019 budget. in 2019 the company would like to increase selling prices by 14.5%, and as a result expects a decrease in sales volume of 9%. all other operating expenses are expected to remain constant. assume that cost of goods sold is a variable cost and that operating expenses are a fixed cost. should advanced increase the selling price in 2019?

James is an employee in the widget inspection department of xyz systems, a government contractor. james was part of a 3-person inspection team that found a particular batch of widgets did not meet the exacting requirements of the u. s. government. in order to meet the tight deadline and avoid penalties under the contract, james' boss demanded that the batch of widgets be sent in fulfillment of the government contract. when james found out, he went to the vice president of the company and reported the situation. james was demoted by his boss, and no longer works on government projects. james has a:

Suppose we are interested in bidding on a piece of land and we know one other bidder is interested. the seller announced that the highest bid in excess of $9,500 will be accepted. assume that the competitor's bid x is a random variable that is uniformly distributed between $9,500 and $15,500. suppose you bid $12,000. what is the probability that your bid will be accepted?