Columbus Company provides the following ABC costing information: Activities Total Costs Activity-cost drivers Labor $384,000 8,000 hours Gas $36,000 6,000 gallons Invoices $180,000 7,500 invoices Total costs $600,000 The above activities used by their three departments are: Lawn Department Bush Department Plowing Department Labor 2,500 hours 1,400 hours 4,100 hours Gas 1,800 gallons 1,000 gallons 3,200 gallons Invoices 1,300 invoices 300 invoices 5,900 invoices 8. How much of invoice cost will be assigned to the Bush Department? A) $7,200 B) $141,600 C) $31,200 D) $180,000

Part (a) is relatively straight forward.there are 4 aces in a standard 52-card deck. so the probability that an ace is picked is just 4/52.part (b): note that there are 4 suits in a standard 52-card deck. so picking hearts will be 13/52 or 1/4.part (c): the probability condition or means we need to add the two probabilities because we do not want them simultaneously. so, we end up getting pr(ace) + pr(heart).from part (a), we found that picking an ace had a probability of 4/52, which is reduced down to 1/13.from part (b), we found that picking a heart had a probability of 1/4.so, the probability of an ace or a heart is 1/13 + 1/4 = 4/52 + 13/52 = 17/52.

Competitive intelligence activities occur so that a company can use information about a competitor's new products to  develop superior marketing strategies for its own products.  when talking about  competitive intelligence, an easy way to  remember  these terms are to know your  enemy. when having  competitive intelligence it's allowing information you find out about other companies and how they run their company, the risks they have come in contact with and  opportunities they  haven't taken and figure out how to use them to your advantage. always be  smarter than your  competition.