Car and auto sisters had retained earnings of $18,000 on the balance sheet but disclosed in the footnotes that $3,000 of retained earnings was restricted for plant expansion and $1,000 was restricted for bond repayments. cash of $2,000 had been set aside for the plant expansion. how much of retained earnings is available for dividends? $14,000 $15,000 $18,000 $12,000

Exercise 2-12 cost behavior; high-low method [lo2-3, lo2-4] speedy parcel service operates a fleet of delivery trucks in a large metropolitan area. a careful study by the company’s cost analyst has determined that if a truck is driven 120,000 miles during a year, the average operating cost is 11.6 cents per mile. if a truck is driven only 80,000 miles during a year, the average operating cost increases to 13.6 cents per mile. required: 1.& 2. using the high-low method, estimate the variable and fixed cost elements of the annual cost of truck operation. (round the "variable cost per mile" to 3 decimal places.)