Assume Sunland Company uses the periodic inventory system and has a beginning inventory balance of $6000, purchases of $78000, and sales of $102000. Sunland closes its records once a year on December 31. In the accounting records, the inventory account would be expected to have a balance on December 31 prior to adjusting and closing entries that was

1) equal to $5,000.
2) more than $5,000
3) less than $5,000
4) indeterminate

Penny poodle wanted to know which dog obedience training program was more effective: puppy pride, the approach she has been using for any years, or doggie do-right, a new approach. penny convinced 50 human companions of untrained dogs to participate in her study. the dogs and their humans were randomly assigned to complete the puppy pride or doggie do-right course. at the end of the training programs, all of the dogs were scored on their level of obedience on a standardized dog obedience checklist (scores could range from 10 to 100). the design of this study is: