Kaplan manufacturing corporation purchased 2,500 shares of its own previously issued $10 par common stock for $57,500. as a result of this event, a. kaplan's common stock account decreased $25,000.b. kaplan's total stockholders' equity decreased $57,500.c. kaplan's paid-in capital in excess of par value account decreased $32,500.d. all of these answer choices are correct.

b. Kaplan's total stockholders' equity decreased $57,500

Explanation:

The purchase of treasury stock is as follows:

Treasury Stock debit 57,500 (-Equity)

              cash             credit   57,500 (-Assets)

The company's equity decreased as well as the Assets.

The common stock and paid-in Capital in Excess of Par Value will not be modified.

This account will be decreased if the stocks are retired not at purchase

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

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