Ben was preparing to host a graduation party for his friends and relatives when he suddenly realized that he did not have a grill for the barbeque his friends wanted. Having never purchased a grill before, he felt that he needed to shop carefully and take his friends' suggestions on which brand to buy. After visiting several stores and examining numerous models and brands, he settled on a Grillmate model that cost $240. This is example of: a. an information search

b. cognitive dissonance

c. a need state

d. an alternative evaluation

On january 1, vermont corporation had 40,000 shares of $10 par value common stock issued and outstanding. all 40,000 shares has been issued in a prior period at $20.00 per share. on february 1, vermont purchased 3,750 shares of treasury stock for $24 per share and later sold the treasury shares for $21 per share on march 1. the journal entry to record the purchase of the treasury shares on february 1 would include a credit to treasury stock for $90,000 debit to treasury stock for $90,000 credit to a gain account for $112,500 debit to a loss account for $112,500

Fanning company is considering the addition of a new product to its cosmetics line. the company has three distinctly different options: a skin cream, a bath oil, or a hair coloring gel. relevant information and budgeted annual income statements for each of the products follow. skin cream bath oil color gel budgeted sales in units (a) 110,000 190,000 70,000 expected sales price (b) $8 $4 $11 variable costs per unit (c) $2 $2 $7 income statements sales revenue (a × b) $880,000 $760,000 $770,000 variable costs (a × c) (220,000) (380,000) (490,000) contribution margin 660,000 380,000 280,000 fixed costs (432,000) (240,000) (76,000) net income $228,000 $140,000 $204,000 required: (a) determine the margin of safety as a percentage for each product. (b) prepare revised income statements for each product, assuming a 20 percent increase in the budgeted sales volume. (c) for each product, determine the percentage change in net income that results from the 20 percent increase in sales. (d) assuming that management is pessimistic and risk averse, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line? (e) assuming that management is optimistic and risk aggressive, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line?

On june 1, 2017, blossom company was started with an initial investment in the company of $22,360 cash. here are the assets, liabilities, and common stock of the company at june 30, 2017, and the revenues and expenses for the month of june, its first month of operations: cash $4,960 notes payable $12,720 accounts receivable 4,340 accounts payable 840 service revenue 7,860 supplies expense 1,100 supplies 2,300 maintenance and repairs expense 700 advertising expense 400 utilities expense 200 equipment 26,360 salaries and wages expense 1,760 common stock 22,360 in june, the company issued no additional stock but paid dividends of $1,660. prepare an income statement for the month of june.