Which of the following statements about 3m's marketing program for post-it® flag highlighters and post-it® flag pens is most accurate?
a) in his first attempt, david windorski, a 3m inventor, designed the post-it® flag highlighter in exactly the right way to appeal to its target market.
b) paralegals were initially the intended target market for the post-it® flag highlighter.
c) david windorski, a 3m inventor, developed the post-it® flag pen for the office worker segment.
d) the post-it® flag highlighter was not successful and was deleted from the post-it® flag product line.
e) in development of the post-it® flag highlighter, david windorski examined similar products of 3m's major competitors and simply made changes that would provide the "wow" factor.\

Exercise 4-9presented below is information related to martinez corp. for the year 2017.net sales $1,399,500 write-off of inventory due to obsolescence $80,440cost of goods sold 788,200 depreciation expense omitted by accident in 2016 43,600selling expenses 65,800 casualty loss 53,900administrative expenses 53,500 cash dividends declared 43,300dividend revenue 22,100 retained earnings at december 31, 2016 1,042,400interest revenue 7,420 effective tax rate of 34% on all items exercise 4-9 presented below is information relateexercise 4-9 presented below is information relate prepare a multiple-step income statement for 2017. assume that 61,500 shares of common stock are outstanding. (round earnings per share to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.49.)prepare a separate retained earnings statement for 2017. (list items that increase retained earnings first.)