An ad for Kool Kids, a kidswear company, is featured in the August issue of a teen magazine, Teen 360. The ad shows children between the ages of 3 and 12 on a ramp. In terms of the response stages of the persuasion matrix, the ad is ineffective in reaching the intended target audience, the parents, because:. a. its portrayal is offensive.
b. it contains jargons that is incomprehensible to the target audience.
c. the media channel used is inappropriate.
d. of the extensive clutter.
e. it is not endorsed by a celebrity parent.

Aquatic marine stores company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. aquatic uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 3 pounds per unit; $ 6 per pound direct labor: 4 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour during the first quarter, aquatic produced 5 comma 000 units of this product. actual direct materials and direct labor costs were $ 65 comma 000 and $ 330 comma 000, respectively. for the purpose of preparing the flexible budget, calculate the total standard direct materials cost at a production volume of 5 comma 000 units.

The fiscal 2016 financial statements of nike inc. shows average net operating assets (noa) of $8,450 million, average net nonoperating obligations (nno) of $(4,033) million, average total liabilities of $9,014 million, and average equity of $12,483 million. the company's 2016 financial leverage (flev) is: select one: a. (0.477) b. (0.559 c. (0.323) d. (0.447) e. there is not enough information to determine the ratio.

Answer the following questions using the banker’s algorithm: a. illustrate that the system is in a safe state by demonstrating an order in which the processes may complete. b. if a request from process p1 arrives for (1, 1, 0, 0), can the request be granted immediately? c. if a request from process p