Cesar Ruiz was reviewing his company's activities at the end of the year (2017) and decided to prepare a retained earnings statement. At the beginning of the year his assets were $530,000, liabilities were $140,000, and common stock was $120,000. The net income for the year was $250,000. Dividends of $220,000 were paid during the year.

Abakery wants to determine how many trays of doughnuts it should prepare each day. demand is normal with a mean of 5 trays and standard deviation of 1 tray. if the owner wants a service level of at least 95%, how many trays should he prepare (rounded to the nearest whole tray)? assume doughnuts have no salvage value after the day is complete.

Who is better at multi-tasking? in business, employees are often asked to perform a complex task when their atten-tion is divided (i.e., multi-tasking). human factors (may 2014) published a study designed to determine whether video game players are better than non–video game play-ers at multi-tasking. each in a sample of 60 college stu-dents was classified as a video game player or a non-player. participants entered a street crossing simulator and were asked to cross a busy street at an unsigned intersec-tion. the simulator was designed to have cars traveling at various high rates of speed in both directions. during the crossing, the students also performed a memory task as a distraction. two variables were measured for each student: (1) a street crossing performance score (measured out of 100 points) and (2) a memory task score (measured out of 20 points). the researchers found no differences in either the street crossing performance or memory task score of video game players and non-gamers. “these results,” say the researchers, “suggest that action video game players [and non-gamers] are equally susceptible to the costs of dividing attention in a complex task”

Which stage of group development involves members introducing themselves to each other?