Advanced Life Co. is an HMO for businesses in the Albuquerque area. The following account balances appear on the balance sheet of Advanced Life Co.: Common stock (600,000 shares authorized; 400,000 shares issued), $8 par, $3,200,000; Paid-in capital in excess of par—common stock, $800,000; and Retained earnings, $25,600,000. The board of directors declared a 2% stock dividend when the market price of the stock was $19 a share. Advanced Life Co. reported no income or loss for the current year. Required:
Journalize the entry to record the declaration of the dividend, capitalizing an amount equal to market value.

Diversified semiconductors sells perishable electronic components. some must be shipped and stored in reusable protective containers. customers pay a deposit for each container received. the deposit is equal to the container’s cost. they receive a refund when the container is returned. during 2018, deposits collected on containers shipped were $856,000. deposits are forfeited if containers are not returned within 18 months. containers held by customers at january 1, 2018, represented deposits of $587,000. in 2018, $811,000 was refunded and deposits forfeited were $41,000. required: 1. prepare the appropriate journal entries for the deposits received and returned during 2018. 2. determine the liability for refundable deposits to be reported on the december 31, 2018, balance sheet.

Problem page a medical equipment industry manufactures x-ray machines. the unit cost c (the cost in dollars to make each x-ray machine) depends on the number of machines made. if x machines are made, then the unit cost is given by the function =cx+−0.3x2126x31,935 . how many machines must be made to minimize the unit cost?

Suppose a country's productivity last year was 84. if this country's productivity growth rate of 5 percent is to be maintained, this means that this year's productivity will have to be: