Ina turner owned a parcel of real property that she wished to sell. she signed a written agreement with ali bike, a real estate broker, stating that, if he found a purchaser willing and able to pay a stated price, she would pay bike a commission. bike located a buyer who signed a written offer to purchase and tendered a down payment. when turner refused the offer, bike brought suit to obtain his commission. which of the following is true? a. the buyer has cause of action against turner. b. bike has a cause of action against tumer on a unilateral contract. c. bike has a cause of action turner on a bilateral contract. d. no contract was formed.

On january 1, 2017, fisher corporation purchased 40 percent (90,000 shares) of the common stock of bowden, inc. for $980,000 in cash and began to use the equity method for the investment. the price paid represented a $48,000 payment in excess of the book value of fisher's share of bowden's underlying net assets. fisher was willing to make this extra payment because of a recently developed patent held by bowden with a 15-year remaining life. all other assets were considered appropriately valued on bowden's books. bowden declares and pays a $90,000 cash dividend to its stockholders each year on september 15. bowden reported net income of $400,000 in 2017 and $348,000 in 2018. each income figure was earned evenly throughout its respective year. on july 1, 2018, fisher sold 10 percent (22,500 shares) of bowden's outstanding shares for $338,000 in cash. although it sold this interest, fisher maintained the ability to significantly influence bowden's decision-making process. prepare the journal entries for fisher for the years of 2017 and 2018. (if no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field. do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)