Match each paragraph with the correct plot element. The man decided to go on a journey to seek his fortune.
Along the way, he ran into three peddlers. The first peddler . . .
From then on, the ogres never returned to the palace.
The princess was able to marry the mysterious warrior
who had stolen her heart, and they lived happily
ever after.
At that moment, the dragon reared his ugly head. He locked
eyes with the knight, and the knight’s knees began to
shake in fear. The knight looked up at the sky for what he
thought would be the last time.
Right when everything seemed to be doomed to failure,
the duck saw the small pearl from across the pond.
He swam over, grabbed it, and brought it back
to the frog prince. He had saved the day.
Once upon a time, there was a little
old woman who lived alone with her dog.

Arapid increase in the population of a city or town is most likely to lead to which of the following? a. higher-paying jobs. b. low housing prices. c. a seller's market. d. a drop in population density. 2b2t

Oceanside marine company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. oceanside uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 2 pound per unit; $ 11 per pound direct labor: 2 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour oceanside produced 2 comma 000 units during the quarter. at the end of the quarter, an examination of the direct materials records showed that the company used 7 comma 500 pounds of direct materials and actual total materials costs were $ 98 comma 100. what is the direct materials cost variance? (round any intermediate calculations to the nearest cent, and your final answer to the nearest dollar.)

Consider the scenario below and let us know if you believe lauren smith's actions to be ethical. let us know why or why not. lauren smith is the controller for sports central, a chain of sporting goods stores. she has been asked to recommend a site for a new store. lauren has an uncle who owns a shopping plaza in the area of town where the new store is to be located, so she decides to contact her uncle about leasing space in his plaza. lauren also contacted several other shopping plazas and malls, but her uncle’s store turned out to be the most economical place to lease. therefore, lauren recommended locating the new store in her uncle’s shopping plaza. in making her recommendation to management, she did not disclose that her uncle owns the shopping plaza. if management decided to go with lauren's uncle's plaza, what additional information would be needed in the financial statements?