Wal-Mart has a highly sophisticated system of recording data and being able to view results. For instance, Wal-Mart managers know from their scanner data that five pair of Wrangler Blue Jeans were sold from 10:00 a. m. to 11:00 a. m. on a certain day, and by what size. If the sales were made via credit card, Wal-Mart also knows "who," and has developed histories of what combinations of products its customers buy. The preceding is an observational situation involving which of the following?
a. people watching people
b. people watching phenomena
c. machines watching people
d. machines watching phenomena
e. All of these are observation situations

Vintage fun reproduces oldminusfashioned style roller skates and skateboards. the annual production and sales of roller skates is 950 units, while 1,750 skateboards are produced and sold. the company has traditionally used direct labor hours to allocate its overhead to products. roller skates require 2.5 direct labor hours per unit, while skateboards require 1.25 direct labor hours per unit. the total estimated overhead for the period is $114,300. the company is looking at the possibility of changing to an activityminusbased costing system for its products. if the company used an activityminusbased costing system, it would have the following three activity cost pools: the overhead cost per skateboard using the traditional costing system would be closest to: a. $9.31. b. $65.31. c. $25.05. your answer is not correct.d.

Asmartphone manufacturing company uses social media to achieve different business objectives. match each social media activity of the company to the objective it the company achieve.

Carey company is borrowing $225,000 for one year at 9.5 percent from second intrastate bank. the bank requires a 15 percent compensating balance. the principal refers to funds the firm can effectively utilize (amount borrowed − compensating balance). a. what is the effective rate of interest? (use a 360-day year. input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. what would the effective rate be if carey were required to make 12 equal monthly payments to retire the loan?