Anthony thomas candies (atc) reported the following financial data for 2016 and 2015: 2016 2015 sales $305,000 $284,000 sales returns and allowances 9,000 6,000 net sales $296,000 $278,000 cost of goods sold: inventory, january 1 43,000 36,000 net purchases 152,000 146,000 goods available for sale 195,000 182,000 inventory, december 31 57,000 43,000 cost of goods sold 138,000 139,000 gross profit $158,000 $139,000 atc's gross profit ratio (rounded) in 2016 is: 53.4%. 50.3%. 51.9%. none of these is correct.

In terms of the "great wheel of science", statistics are central to the research process (a) only between the hypothesis phase and the observation phase (b) only between the observation phase and the empirical generalization phase (c) only between the theory phase and the hypothesis phase (d) only between the empirical generalization phase and the theory phase

After the price floor is instituted, the chairman of productions office buys up any barrels of gosum berries that the producers are not able to sell. with the price floor, the producers sell 300 barrels per month to consumers, but the producers, at this high price floor, produce 700 barrels per month. how much producer surplus is created with the price floor? show your calculations.

Haley photocopying purchases a paper from an out-of-state vendor. average weekly demand for paper is 150 cartons per week for which haley pays $15 per carton. in bound shipments from the vendor average 1000 cartoons with an average lead time of 3 weeks. haley operates 52 weeks per year; it carries a 4-week supply of inventory as safety stock and no anticipation inventory. the vendor has recently announced that they will be building a faculty near haley photocopying that will reduce lead time to one week. further, they will be able to reduce shipments to 200 cartons. haley believes that they will be able to reduce safety stock to a 1-week supply. what impact will these changes make to haley’s average inventory level and its average aggregated inventory value?