Consider the following situation, which involves two options. determine which option is less expensive. are there unstated factors that might affect your decision? you currently drive 250 miles per week in a car that gets 24 miles per gallon of gas. you are considering buying a new fuel-efficient car for $14 comma 000 (after trade-in on your current car) that gets 53 miles per gallon. insurance premiums for the new and old car are $800 and $400 per year, respectively. you anticipate spending $1500 per year on repairs for the old car and having no repairs on the new car. assume gas costs $3.50 per gallon. over a five-year period, is it less expensive to keep your old car or buy the new car?

Which type of data does your company collect from customers or potential customers? a. positioning datab. market share datac. primary datad. secondary data select the best answer from the choices provided

You wish to buy a cabin in 15 years. today, the cabin costs $150,000. you believe the price of the cabin will inflate at 4% annually. you want to invest a single amount of money (lump sum) today and have the money grow to equal the future purchase price of the cabin 15 years from now. if you can earn 10% annually on your investments, how much do you need to invest now, in order to be able to purchase the cabin?

Symantec corp., located in cupertino, california, is one of the world's largest producers of security and systems management software. the company's consolidated balance sheets for the 2009 and 2008 fiscal years included the following ($ in thousands): current assets: receivables, less allowances of $21,766 in 2009 and $24,089 in 2008 $ 838,010 $ 758,700 a disclosure note accompanying the financial statements reported the following ($ in thousands): year ended 2009 2008 (in thousands) trade accounts receivable, net: receivables $ 859,776 $ 782,789 less: allowance for doubtful accounts (8,938) (8,990) less: reserve for product returns (12,828) (15,099) trade accounts receivable, net: $ 838,010 $ 758,700 assume that the company reported bad debt expense in 2009 of $2,000 and had products returned for credit totaling $3,230 (sales price). net sales for 2009 were $6,174,800 (all numbers in thousands).required: what is the amount of accounts receivable due from customers at the end of 2009 and 2008? what amount of accounts receivable did symentec write off during 2009? what is the amount of symentec’s gross sales for the 2009 fiscal year? assuming that all sales are made on a credit basis, what is the amount of cash symentec collected from customers during the 2009 fiscal year?