Withering corp (december 31st fiscal year end) purchased a piece of machinery, which it will use to produce inventory, on august 1st, 2018 for $450,000. the estimated salvage value is $50,000. the estimated useful life is 4-years. the estimated total activity levels for this machinery over its useful life are production of 1,000,000 units of inventory and working hours of 50,000 hours. actual activity for 2018-2019 is as follows: 2018: 100,000 units of inventory produced; 8,500 working hours 2019: 275,000 units of inventory produced; 14,000 working hours if necessary, round your answer to the nearest dollar. do not use dollar signs or decimals. what is the book value (cost - accumulated depreciation) associated with this machinery as of december 31st, 2019 assuming withering uses sum-of-the-years'-digits depreciation method?

The amberssen specialty company is a chain of twelve retail stores that sell a variety of imported gift items, gourmet chocolates, cheeses, and wines in the toronto area. amberssen has an is staff of three people who have created a simple but effective information system of networked point-of-sale registers at the stores and a centralized accounting system at the company head- quarters. harry hilman, the head of amberssens is group, has just received the following memo from bill amberssen, sales director (and son of amberssen’s founder). harry—it’s time amberssen specialty launched itself on the internet. many of our competitors are already there, selling to customers without the expense of a retail storefront, and we should be there too. i project that we could double or triple our annual revenues by selling our products on the internet. i’d like to have this ready by - giving, in time for the prime holiday gift-shopping season. bill after pondering this memo for several days, harry scheduled a meeting with bill so that he could clarify bill’s vision of this venture. using the standard con- tent of a system request as your guide, prepare a list of questions that harry needs to have answered about this project.

True or flase? a. new technological developments can us adapt to depleting sources of natural resources. b. research and development funds from the government to private industry never pay off for the country as a whole; they only increase the profits of rich corporations. c. in order for fledgling industries in poor nations to thrive, they must receive protection from foreign trade. d. countries with few natural resources will always be poor. e. as long as real gdp (gross domestic product) grows at a slower rate than the population, per capita real gdp increases.

Hilary works at klothes kloset. she quickly the customers, and her cash drawer is always correct at the end of her shift. however, she never tries to "upsell" the customers (for example, by asking if they would like to purchase earrings to go with the shirt they chose or by suggesting a purse that matches the shoes they are buying). give hilary some constructive feedback on her performance.