The profit P (in thousands of dollars) for a company spending an amount s (in thousands of dollars) on advertising is shown below.

P = − 1/10 s^3 + 15s^2 + 400

(a) Find the amount of money the company should spend on advertising in order to yield a maximum profit. s = thousands of dollars

(b) The point of diminishing returns is the point at which the rate of growth of the profit function begins to decline. Find the point of diminishing returns. s = thousands of dollars

If a seller prepaid the taxes of $4,400 and the closing is set for may 19, using the 12 month/30 day method what will the buyer owe the seller as prorated taxes?

Lead time for one of your fastest-moving products is 20 days. demand during this period averages 90 units per day. a) what would be an appropriate reorder point? ) how does your answer change if demand during lead time doubles? ) how does your answer change if demand during lead time drops in half?

Expert computers was started in 2018. the company experienced the following accounting events during its first year of operation: started business when it acquired $40,000 cash from the issue of common stock. purchased merchandise with a list price of $32,000 on account, terms 2/10, n/30. paid off one-half of the accounts payable balance within the discount period. sold merchandise on account for $28,000. credit terms were 1/20, n/30. the merchandise had cost expert computers $16,000. collected cash from the account receivable within the discount period. paid $2,100 cash for operating expenses. paid the balance due on accounts payable. the payment was not made within the discount period. required record the events in a horizontal statements model below. in the cash flows column, use the letters oa to designate operating activity, ia for investing activity, fa for financing activity, or nc for net change in cash. if the account is not affected by the event, leave the cell blank. the first event is recorded as an example. what is the amount of gross margin for the period? what is the net income for the period?