At December 31, 2018, Landy Products has cash of $24,000, receivables of $18,000, and inventory of $80,000. The company’s equipment totals $182,000. Landy owes accounts payable of $22,000 and long-term notes payable of $172,000. Common stock is $34,500. Prepare Landy’s balance sheet at December 31, 2018, complete with its proper heading. Use the accounting equation to compute retained earnings.

What is product differentiation, and how can it be achieved ? what is product positioning? what conditions would head to head product positioning be appropriate?

Aproduction line has three machines a, b, and c, with reliabilities of .96, .86, and .85, respectively. the machines are arranged so that if one breaks down, the others must shut down. engineers are weighing two alternative designs for increasing the line’s reliability. plan 1 involves adding an identical backup line, and plan 2 involves providing a backup for each machine. in either case, three machines (a, b, and c) would be used with reliabilities equal to the original three. a. compute overall system reliability under plan 1. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability b. compute overall system reliability under plan 2. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability c. which plan will provide the higher reliability? plan2plan1

On july 7, you purchased 500 shares of wagoneer, inc. stock for $21 a share. on august 1, you sold 200 shares of this stock for $28 a share. you sold an additional 100 shares on august 17 at a price of $25 a share. the company declared a $0.95 per share dividend on august 4 to holders of record as of wednesday, august 15. this dividend is payable on september 1. how much dividend income will you receive on september 1 as a result of your ownership of wagoneer stock