The following list includes selected permanent accounts and all of the temporary accounts from the december 31 unadjusted trial balance of emiko co., a business owned by kumi emiko. emiko co. uses a perpetual inventory system. debit credit merchandise inventory $ 34,000 prepaid selling expenses 6,400 dividends 41,000 sales $ 561,000 sales returns and allowances 19,100 sales discounts 5,800 cost of goods sold 228,000 sales salaries expense 56,000 utilities expense 19,000 selling expenses 40,000 administrative expenses 113,000 additional information accrued and unpaid sales salaries amount to $2,000. prepaid selling expenses of $3,800 have expired. a physical count of year-end merchandise inventory is taken to determine shrinkage and shows $31,100 of goods still available. (a) use the above account balances along with the additional information, prepare the adjusting entries. (b) use the above account balances along with the additional information, prepare the closing entries.

2. the external environment (connect)choose whether each example belongs in the general, task, or internal environment.exampleenvironmenta worldwide recession task environment / general environment / internal environmentlocal mothers asking their community grocery store to carry no-salt cheerios-type cereal for their babies task environment / general environment / internal environmentchoose the phrase that best completes the following sentence.the relationship between the task environment and the general environment is best described as: a one-way system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, but changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment.an open system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, and changes in the general environment affect the task environment.a one-way system: changes in the general environment affect the task environment, but changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment.a closed system: changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment, and changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment.©bloomberg via getty imagesmanagement in the newsin april 2010, the explosion of british petroleum’s (bp) deepwater horizon oil drilling rig and the accompanying oil spill dramatically changed the external environment in which all oil companies operate. the explosion released more oil than any other accidental spill in history and had a huge impact on the waters and surrounding communities of the gulf coast. the conditions that led to the spill, the attempts to stop the spill, and the clean-up and aftermath of the spill prompted debates in the u.s. senate, concern on wall street, and attention from companies all over the world.match each oil spill event with a specific dimension of the general environment.eventgeneral environment dimensionbp stock prices falling 25% during the first month after the oil spill oil seeping into pelican nesting grounds, which will place the brown pelican back on the endangered species list people moving from louisiana to oklahoma to avoid the effects of the spill