6. Terms of trade Suppose that Portugal and Sweden both produce oil and cheese. Portugal’s opportunity cost of producing a pound of cheese is 5 barrels of oil, while Sweden’s opportunity cost of producing a pound of cheese is 10 barrels of oil. By comparing the opportunity cost of producing cheese in the two countries, you can tell that has a comparative advantage in the production of cheese, and has a comparative advantage in the production of oil. Suppose that Portugal and Sweden consider trading cheese and oil with each other. Portugal can gain from specialization and trade as long as it receives more than of oil for each pound of cheese it exports to Sweden. Similarly, Sweden can gain from trade as long as it receives more than of cheese for each barrel of oil it exports to Portugal. Based on your answers to the previous question, which of the following terms of trade (that is, price of cheese in terms of oil) would allow both Sweden and Portugal to gain from trade? Check all that apply.
1 barrel of oil per pound of cheese
7 barrels of oil per pound of cheese
4 barrels of oil per pound of cheese
11 barrels of oil per pound of cheese

Assume that all of thurmond company’s sales are credit sales. it has been the practice of thurmond company to provide for uncollectible accounts expense at the rate of one-half of one percent of net credit sales. for the year 20x1 the company had net credit sales of $2,021,000 and the allowance for doubtful accounts account had a credit balance, before adjustments, of $630 as of december 31, 20x1. during 20x2, the following selected transactions occurred: jan. 20 the account of h. scott, a deceased customer who owed $325, was determined to be uncollectible and was therefore written off. mar. 16 informed that a. nettles, a customer, had been declared bankrupt. his account for $898 was written off. apr. 23 the $906 account of j. kenney & sons was written off as uncollectible. aug. 3 wrote off as uncollectible the $750 account of clarke company. oct. 20 wrote off as uncollectible the $1,130 account of g. michael associates. oct. 27 received a check for $325 from the estate of h. scott. this amount had been written off on january 20 of the current year. dec. 20 cater company paid $7,000 of the $7,500 it owed thurmond company. since cater company was going out of business, the $500 balance it still owed was deemed uncollectible and written off. required: prepare journal entries for the december 31, 20x1, and the seven 20x2 transactions on the work sheets provided at the back of this unit. then answer questions 8 and 9 on the answer sheet. t-accounts are also provided for your use in answering these questions. 8. which one of the following entries should have been made on december 31, 20x1?

Select the correct answer. sarah works in a coffee house where she is responsible for keying in customer orders. a customer orders snacks and coffee, but later, cancels th snacks, saying she wants only coffee. at the end of the day, sarah finds that there is a mismatch in the snack items ordered. which term suggest data has been violated? a. security b. integrity c. adding d. reliability e. reporting

Why entrepreneurs start businesses. a) monopolistic competition b) perfect competition c) sole proprietorship d) profit motive