an entrepreneur identifies a product that she knows will sell like crazy if she can only figure out a way to bring it to her area. The idea is so fantastic that I can't tell you what it is, so we will just refer to it as X. The entrepreneur has identified four ways to bring X to the masses; she can import it, she can smuggle it, she can try to produce it on her own, and she can have a local reputable producer make it for her. The fixed and variable costs for each of these alternatives are shown below. Which of these methods is never the preferred alternative? Import Produce Smuggle Outsource Fixed Cost $25,000 $500,000 $200,000 $0 Variable Cost $30 $10 $15 $32 Group of answer choices Smuggle Import Outsource Produce Not saved

Need with an adjusting journal entrycmc records depreciation and amortization expense annually. they do not use an accumulated amortization account. (i.e. amortization expense is recorded with a debit to amort. exp and a credit to the patent.) annual depreciation rates are 7% for buildings/equipment/furniture, no salvage. (round to the nearest whole dollar.) annual amortization rates are 10% of original cost, straight-line method, no salvage. cmc owns two patents: patent #fj101 and patent #cq510. patent #cq510 was acquired on october 1, 2016. patent #fj101 was acquired on april 1, 2018 for $119,000. the last time depreciation & amortization were recorded was december 31, 2017.before adjustment: land: 348791equpment and furniture: 332989building: 876418patents 217000