Acompany that has 250 employees chooses a committee of 18 to represent employee retirement issues. when the committee is formed, none of the 56 minority employees are selected. (a) use technology to find the number of ways 18 employees can be chosen from 250. (b) use technology to find the number of ways 18 employees can be chosen from 194 nonminorities. (c) what is the probability that the committee contains no minorities when the committee is chosen randomly (without bias)? (d) does your answer to (c) indicate that the committee selection is biased? explain your reasoning.

Due to rapid employee turnover in the accounting department, the following transactions involving intangible assets were improperly recorded by bridgeport corporation. 1. bridgeport developed a new manufacturing process, incurring research and development costs of $195,600. the company also purchased a patent for $45,200. in early january, bridgeport capitalized $240,800 as the cost of the patents. patent amortization expense of $12,040 was recorded based on a 20-year useful life. 2. on july 1, 2017, bridgeport purchased a small company and as a result recorded goodwill of $52,000. bridgeport recorded a half-year’s amortization in 2017, based on a 20-year life ($1,300 amortization). the goodwill has an indefinite life. prepare all journal entries necessary to correct any errors made during 2017. assume the books have not yet been closed for 2017.