Aproducer of ballpoint pens has been purchasing ink from an ink supplier and is considering acquiring the ink supplier. would the pen company be more or less likely to vertically integrate by buying the ink manufacturer if the government imposes an ink sales tax? if the government taxes ink sales, then the ballpoint pen company

The monthly sales for yazici​ batteries, inc., were as​ follows: month jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sept oct nov dec sales 19 20 17 12 11 18 16 17 19 22 21 24 this exercise contains only parts b and c. ​b) the forecast for the next month​ (jan) using the naive method​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to a whole​ number). the forecast for the next period​ (jan) using a​ 3-month moving average approach​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). the forecast for the next period​ (jan) using a​ 6-month weighted average with weights of 0.10​, 0.10​, 0.10​, 0.20​, 0.20​, and 0.30​, where the heaviest weights are applied to the most recent month​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to one decimal​ place). using exponential smoothing with alpha ​= 0.40 and a september forecast of 21.00​, the forecast for the next period​ (jan) = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). using a method of trend​ projection, the forecast for the next month​ (jan) = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). ​c) the method that can be used for making a forecast for the month of march is ▾ a 3-month moving average a 6-month weighted moving average exponential smoothing the naive method a trend projection .

Your parents have accumulated a $170,000 nest egg. they have been planning to use this money to pay college costs to be incurred by you and your sister, courtney. however, courtney has decided to forgo college and start a nail salon. your parents are giving courtney $20,000 to her get started, and they have decided to take year-end vacations costing $8,000 per year for the next four years. use 8 percent as the appropriate interest rate throughout this problem. use appendix a and appendix d for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. a. how much money will your parents have at the end of four years to you with graduate school, which you will start then?

Catherine de bourgh has one child, anne, who is 18 years old at the end of the year. anne lived at home for seven months during the year before leaving home to attend state university for the rest of the year. during the year, anne earned $6,000 while working part time. catherine provided 80 percent of anne's support and anne provided the rest. which of the following statements regarding whether anne is catherine's qualifying child for the current year is correct? a.anne is a qualifying child of catherine.b.anne is not a qualifying child of catherine because she fails the gross income test.c.anne is not a qualifying child of catherine because she fails the residence test.d.anne is not a qualifying child of catherine because she fails the support test.