Move to Green Computing. Your organization is a leader in the development of renewable energy sources based on enhanced geothermal systems and is viewed as a champion in the fight to reduce carbon emissions. The organization employs over 25,000 people worldwide, primarily in the United States, Germany, and Mexico. Its products and services are used in over 50 countries around the globe. The executive team has set a goal of implementing green computing across the organization within a two-year time period and is evaluating a number of initiatives to achieve that goal.

What direct, tangible business results can your firm most reasonably expect from implementing a successful green computing program?

a. Green computing presents an opportunity to substantially reduce costs.
b. Green computing will result in the safe disposal or recycling of computers and computer-related equipment.
c. Demand for the firm's goods and services will increase as existing and potential customers recognize its leadership in the use of environmentally friendly equipment.
d. Going green is in the company's best interests in terms of supporting the firm's public relations efforts, improving employee safety, and enhancing the well-being of the community at large.

Fred smithers, a recent college graduate decided to open his own portable juice bar, smithers smoothies, to wheel around newport beach. you, a trusted friend of fred, are a business major that has also recently graduated and agreed to handle the books for a while to get some practical experience and have a favor that you can ask of fred in the future. given the following five transactions concerning the new venture, prepare the necessary journal entries for the transactions, post the journal entries to appropriate t accounts and prepare a trial balance as of the end of the month in order to answer to the necessary may 2: fred invests $12,000 of his own money to start the new company. this money was obtained from a part-time job working at a legal firm while he was in school. may 3: fred spent $5,100 cash to purchase a refrigerated trailer that he can pull behind his car and set up at the beach. under your advice, fred agrees to place the new asset under an account called "equipment." may 6: fred bought $640 of supplies on account from the flav-o-rite confectioners company. because they will last longer than a single accounting period fred agrees to record them as, "supplies" as per your suggestion. may 13: fred sat on the beach for six hours without a single sale and was feeling very down. right before he left, however, a plumber escorting his family reunion along the beach stopped by his stand and bought $800 worth of smoothies for the entire family. under your advice, fred agrees to call this cash revenue, "sales." may 15: excited about his new venture, fred withdraws $350 from the company to take his girlfriend out to dinner. what would be the balance in the cash account at the end of the period following the posting of all the transactions?