Julius asks rachel if she would like to sell her boat. rachel privately has no interest in selling her boat, and believes that julius can't afford her boat anyway. rachel says, "i'd sell my boat to you for $20,000." to rachel's surprise, julius responds "ok, it's a deal." rachel does not want to sell the boat to julius for any price. julius and rachel have: a. not formed a valid contract, because rachel did not want to sell the boat for any price. b. not formed a valid contract because of lack of definiteness in the contract terms. c. formed a valid contract, because rachel's outward expressions showed the formation of a contract. d. formed a valid contract, because julius expressed outward interest in the boat.

Salt corporation's contribution margin ratio is 78% and its fixed monthly expenses are $30,000. assume that the company's sales for may are expected to be $89,000. required: estimate the company's net operating income for may, assuming that the fixed monthly expenses do not change.

You have recently been made a department head of the new regional office. in getting to know your departmental staff, you have noticed that one of your inexperienced employees is not following through on assigned tasks. she is enthused about her new job and wants to get ahead in the organization. which alternative represents the most effective leadership style: a. discuss the lack of follow-through with her and explore thealternative ways this problem can be solved. b. specify what she must do to complete the tasks but incorporate any suggestions she may have. c. define the steps necessary for her to complete the assigned tasks and monitor her performance frequently. d. let her know about the lack of follow-through and give hermore time to improve her performance.

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 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)