Please help me with these 2 questions

Planning for the possibility that your home might get struck by lighting and catch on fire is part of a plan for ?

Brent wants to know what is 5 x 1/2

2. using calculations based on a perpetual inventory system, determine the inventory balance altira would report in its august 31, 2021, balance sheet and the cost of goods sold it would report in its august 2021 income statement using the average cost method. (round "average cost per unit" to 2 decimal places.)