Ajax corp's sales last year were $435,000, its operating costs were $362,500, and its interest charges were $12,500. what was the firm's times-interest-earned (tie) ratio? a. 4.72 b. 5.51 c. 5.80 d. 4.97 e. 5.23

For each separate case below, follow the 3-step process for adjusting the prepaid asset account at december 31. step 1: determine what the current account balance equals. step 2: determine what the current account balance should equal. step 3: record the december 31 adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2. assume no other adjusting entries are made during the year. a. prepaid insurance. the prepaid insurance account has a $4,700 debit balance to start the year. a re- view of insurance policies and payments shows that $900 of unexpired insurance remains at year-end. b. prepaid insurance. the prepaid insurance account has a $5,890 debit balance at the start of the year. a review of insurance policies and payments shows $1,040 of insurance has expired by year-end. c.prepaidrent.onseptember1ofthecurrentyear,thecompanyprepaid$24,000 for 2 years of rentfor facilities being occupied that day. the company debited prepaid rent and credited cash for $24,000.

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.

After jeff bezos read about how the internet was growing by 2,000 percent a month, he set out to use the internet as a new distribution channel and founded amazon, which is now the world's largest online retailer. this is clearly an example of a(n)a. firm that uses closed innovation. b. entrepreneur who commercialized invention into an innovation. c. business that entered the industry during its maturity stage. d. exception to the long tail business model