The following cost data pertain to the operations of bouffard department stores, inc., for the month of may. corporate legal office salaries $68,000 shoe department cost of sales-brentwood store $29,000 corporate headquarters building lease $86,000 store manager's salary-brentwood store $12,000 shoe department sales commissions-brentwood store $5,000 store utilities-brentwood store $10,000 shoe department manager's salary-brentwood store $4,000 central warehouse lease cost $7,000 janitorial costs-brentwood store $10,000 the brentwood store is just one of many stores owned and operated by the company. the shoe department is one of many departments at the brentwood store. the central warehouse serves all of the company's stores. what is the total amount of the costs listed above that are direct costs of the shoe department? $38,000 $29,000 $70,000 $34,000

Juniper company uses a perpetual inventory system and the gross method of accounting for purchases. the company purchased $9,750 of merchandise on august 7 with terms 1/10, n/30. on august 11, it returned $1,500 worth of merchandise. on august 26, it paid the full amount due. the correct journal entry to record the merchandise return on august 11 is:

1. descriptive statistics quickly describe large amounts of data can predict future stock returns with surprising accuracy statisticians understand non-numeric information, like colors refer mainly to patterns that can be found in data 2. a 15% return on a stock means that 15% of the original purchase price of the stock returns to the seller at the end of the year 15% of the people who purchased the stock will see a return the stock is worth 15% more at the end of the year than at the beginning the stock has lost 15% of its value since it was originally sold 3. a stock purchased on january 1 cost $4.35 per share. the same stock, sold on december 31 of the same year, brought in $4.75 per share. what was the approximate return on this stock? 0.09% 109% 1.09% 9% 4. a stock sells for $6.99 on december 31, providing the seller with a 6% annual return. what was the price of the stock at the beginning of the year? $6.59 $1.16 $7.42 $5.84

Suppose that electricity producers create a negative externality equal to $5 per unit. further suppose that the government imposes a $5 per-unit tax on the producers. what is the relationship between the after-tax equilibrium quantity and the socially optimal quantity of electricity to be produced?