A Transaction Processing System is .

A) A system that captures detailed data created by business processes

B) A set of integrated programs that manage a company's vital business operations across multiple functional areas

C) A system that supports the planning, executing, and controlling of all activities involved in raw material sourcing and procumbent, converting raw materials to finished products, and warehousing and delivering finished products to customers

D) A system that tracks the accounting records of a business

E) A system that helps manage customer information, customer encounters, marketing and advertising campaigns, sales, service after the sale, and customer loyalty programs

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

Stella company sells only two products, product a and product b. product a product b total selling price $50 $30 variable cost per unit $20 $10 total fixed costs $2,110,000 stella sells two units of product a for each unit it sells of product b. stella faces a tax rate of 40%. stella desires a net afterminustax income of $54,000. the breakeven point in units would be

On january 1, 2017, pharoah company issued 10-year, $2,020,000 face value, 6% bonds, at par. each $1,000 bond is convertible into 16 shares of pharoah common stock. pharoah’s net income in 2017 was $317,000, and its tax rate was 40%. the company had 97,000 shares of common stock outstanding throughout 2017. none of the bonds were converted in 2017. (a) compute diluted earnings per share for 2017. (round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. $2.55.) diluted earnings per share