You are a sports agent’s assistant. you are preparing a report on contracts you have obtained for the agent’s clients. you recently negotiated the following annual contracts: $2.8 million, $18.9 million, $1.5 million, $1.2 million, $1.5 million, and $3.5 million per year. the standard deviation of the data is 6.3, and the range is 17.7. which measure of center is most appropriate, and what is the value of the measure of center? median; $1.35 million mode; $1.5 million median; $2.15 million mean; $4.9 million mean; $5.58 million

Abusiness cycle reflects in economic activity, particularly real gdp. the stages of a business cycle

Galwaysc electronics makes two products. model a requires component a and component c. model b requires component b and component c. new versions of both models are released each year with updated versions of all components. all components are sourced overseas, and abc contracts annually for a quantity of each component before seeing that year’s demand. components are only assembled into finished products once demand for each model is known. for the coming year, alwaysc’s purchasing manner has proposed ordering 500,000 units of component a, 630,000 of component b, and 1,000,000 units of component c. her boss has asked why she has recommended purchasing so much of components a and b when alwaysc will not have enough of component c to fully use all of the inventory of a and b. what factors might the purchasing manager cite to explain her recommended order? explain your reasoning.

Which of the following differentiates cost accounting and financial accounting? a. the primary users of cost accounting are the investors, whereas the primary users of financial accounting are the managers. b. cost accounting measures only the financial information related to the costs of acquiring fixed assets in an organization, whereas financial accounting measures financial and nonfinancial information of a company's business transactions. c. cost accounting measures information related to the costs of acquiring or using resources in an organization, whereas financial accounting measures a financial position of a company to investors, banks, and external parties. d. cost accounting deals with product design, production, and marketing strategies, whereas financial accounting deals mainly with pricing of the products.