On January 1, 2017, Sage Hill Inc. borrowed and received $410,000 from a major customer, Cheyenne Corp. The debt is evidenced by a zero-interest-bearing note due in 4 years. Sage Hill, as consideration for the zero-interest-bearing feature of the note, agrees that it will supply inventory to Cheyenne for the loan period at a below-market price. The appropriate rate at which to impute interest is 7%. Prepare the journal entry to record the initial transaction on January 1, 2017.

Emery pharmaceutical uses an unstable chemical compound that must be kept in an environment where both temperature and humidity can be controlled. emery uses 825 pounds per month of the chemical, estimates the holding cost to be 50% of the purchase price (because of spoilage), and estimates order costs to be $48 per order. the cost schedules of two suppliers are as follows: vendor 1 vendor 2 quantity price/lb quantity price/lb 1-499 $17 1-399 $17.10 500-999 $16.75 400-799 $16.85 1000+ $16.50 800-1199 $16.60 1200+ $16.25 (a) what is the economic order quantity for each supplier? (b) what quantity should be ordered and which supplier should be used? (c) the total cost for the most economic order sire is $