. Cullumber Legler requires an estimate of the cost of goods lost by fire on March 9. Merchandise on hand on January 1 was $41,040. Purchases since January 1 were $77,760; freight-in, $3,672; purchase returns and allowances, $2,592. Sales are made at 33 1/3% above cost and totaled $123,000 to March 9. Goods costing $11,772 were left undamaged by the fire; remaining goods were destroyed. a) Compute the cost of goods destroyed. b) Compute the cost of goods destroyed assuming that the gross profit is 33 1/3% of sales.

Alex is the r& d manager with digital copier inc. the company is having a problem with one of its most popular copiers jamming. the vice president of marketing told alex that "we need to quickly discover how to turn this problem into a desirable situation. you need to determine the underlying cause of the problem and perhaps even make improvements to the copier." when alex analyzes the underlying causes of the paper-jam problem, which function is he performing? a. synergy b. diagnosis c. analytics d. feasibility e. mbo