On 4/1/Y9, Petal Corp. began offering a new product for sale under a 1-year warranty. Petal had 5,000 units in inventory on 4/1/Y9. By 6/30/Y9, 3,000 of these units had been sold. Based on its experience with similar products, Petal estimated that the average warranty cost per unit sold would be $8. Actual warranty costs incurred from April 1 through June 30, Year 9, were $7,000.
Required:
1. What amount should Petal report as estimated warranty liability at June 30, Year 9?

The maximum tax rate on estates and gifts

While studying for the engineering economy final exam, you and two friends find yourselves craving a fresh pizza. you can't spare the time to pick up the pizza and must have it delivered. "pick-up-sticks" offers a 1-1/4-inch-thick (including toppings), 20-inch square pizza with your choice of two toppings for $15 plus 5% sales tax and a $1.50 delivery charge (no sales tax on delivery charge). "fred's" offers the round, deep-dish sasquatch, which is 20 inches in diameter. it is 1-3/4 inches thick, includes two toppings, and costs $17.25 plus 5% sales tax and free delivery. 1. what is the problem in this situation? state it in an explicit and precise manner. 2. systematically apply the seven principles of engineering economy (pp. 3-6) to the problem you have defined in part (a). 3. assuming that your common unit of measure is dollars (i.e., cost), what is the better value for getting a pizza based on the criterion of minimizing cost per unit of volume? 4. what other criteria might be used to select which pizza to purchase?

Which of the following is an example of search costs? a.) driving to a faraway place to find available goods b.) buying goods in some special way that is outside the normal channels c.) paying a premium cost for goods d.) selling extra goods for a discount price