Windswept, Inc. 2017 Income Statement ($ in millions) Net sales $ 9,800 Cost of goods sold 7,600 Depreciation 335 Earnings before interest and taxes $ 1,865 Interest paid 99 Taxable income $ 1,766 Taxes 530 Net income $ 1,236 Windswept, Inc. 2016 and 2017 Balance Sheets ($ in millions) 2016 2017 2016 2017 Cash $ 300 $ 315 Accounts payable $ 1,760 $ 1,575 Accounts rec. 970 870 Long-term debt 1,000 1,460 Inventory 1,740 1,700 Common stock 3,220 3,070 Total $ 3,010 $ 2,885 Retained earnings 520 770 Net fixed assets 3,490 3,990 Total assets $ 6,500 $ 6,875 Total liab. & equity $ 6,500 $ 6,875 What were the total dividends paid for 2017? Multiple Choice $921 million $986 million $455 million $645 million $250 million

Uppose stanley's office supply purchases 50,000 boxes of pens every year. ordering costs are $100 per order and carrying costs are $0.40 per box. moreover, management has determined that the eoq is 5,000 boxes. the vendor now offers a quantity discount of $0.20 per box if the company buys pens in order sizes of 10,000 boxes. determine the before-tax benefit or loss of accepting the quantity discount. (assume the carrying cost remains at $0.40 per box whether or not the discount is taken.)

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Who is better at multi-tasking? in business, employees are often asked to perform a complex task when their atten-tion is divided (i.e., multi-tasking). human factors (may 2014) published a study designed to determine whether video game players are better than non–video game play-ers at multi-tasking. each in a sample of 60 college stu-dents was classified as a video game player or a non-player. participants entered a street crossing simulator and were asked to cross a busy street at an unsigned intersec-tion. the simulator was designed to have cars traveling at various high rates of speed in both directions. during the crossing, the students also performed a memory task as a distraction. two variables were measured for each student: (1) a street crossing performance score (measured out of 100 points) and (2) a memory task score (measured out of 20 points). the researchers found no differences in either the street crossing performance or memory task score of video game players and non-gamers. “these results,” say the researchers, “suggest that action video game players [and non-gamers] are equally susceptible to the costs of dividing attention in a complex task”