After the two adjusting entries for merchandise inventory for Marley Motorcycles have been entered on the worksheet, the Income Summary account in the Adjusted Trial Balance section has a debit of $41,000 and a credit of $46,000. The amount of merchandise inventory at the beginning of the year is: Multiple Choice $46,000. $41,000. $87,000.

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east westsales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 )the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss) of: multiple choice$91,900$(64,100)$(142,000)$(50,100)