Freight car loadings over an 18-week period at a busy port are as follows: a- determine a linear trend line for expected freight car loadings. (round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 3 decimal places.)

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b- use the trend equation to predict expected loadings for weeks 20 and 21. (round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 3 decimal places.)

the forecasted demand for week 20 and 21 is and respectively.

c- the manager intends to install new equipment when the volume exceeds 776 loadings per week. assuming the current trend continues, the loading volume will reach that level in approximately how many more weeks? (round your intermediate calculations to 3 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole number.)

it would take approximately more weeks.

Consider the market for gasoline. suppose that, in a competitive market without government regulations, the equilibrium price of gasoline is $3.00 per gallon, and employees at gas stations earn $17.50 per hour. complete the following table by indicating whether each of the statements is an example of a price ceiling or a price floor and whether it results in a shortage or a surplus or has no effect on the price and quantity that prevail in the market. statement price control effect the government has instituted a legal minimum price of $3.40 per gallon for gasoline. the government prohibits gas stations from selling gasoline for more than $3.40 per gallon. due to new regulations, gas stations that would like to pay better wages in order to hire more workers are prohibited from paying more than $14.50 per hour.

Evan company reports net income of $232,000 each year and declares an annual cash dividend of $100,000. the company holds net assets of $2,130,000 on january 1, 2017. on that date, shalina purchases 40 percent of evan's outstanding common stock for $1,066,000, which gives it the ability to significantly influence evan. at the purchase date, the excess of shalina’s cost over its proportionate share of evan’s book value was assigned to goodwill. on december 31, 2019, what is the investment in evan company balance (equity method) in shalina’s financial records?

Which one of the following statements is correct? process costing systems use periodic inventory systems. process costing systems assign costs to departments or processes for a time period. companies that produce many different products or services are more likely to use process costing systems. production is continuous when a job-order costing is used to ensure that adequate quantities are on hand.