2) In the following scenarios, do you expect the American firm to have high or low operating exposure to currency fluctuations and why. a) American Publishing Inc. produces books domestically and has no exports. Its primary competitor is a British firm. Assume that the price elasticity of demand is high for all firms. b) American Chocolate produces candy and has no exports. Its primary competitor is a Swiss firm. Cocoa is the primary input and manufacturing cost for both firms. Cocoa is only available from Brazil. c) American Lamp only sells lamps in the U. S. and has a German competitor. Assume American Lamp moves all its manufacturing operations to Denmark, but continues to sell only to the American market. On what does your answer depend

Identifying transactions national park tours co. is a travel agency. the nine transactions recorded by national park tours during may 2019, its first month of operations, are indicated in the following t accounts: cash (1) 75,000 (2) 900 (7) 8,150 (3) 1,600 (4) 6,280 (6) 2,700 (9) 2,500 accounts receivable (5) 12,300 (7) 8,150 supplies (2) 900 (8) 660 equipment (3) 8,000 accounts payable (6) 2,700 (3) 6,400 beth worley, capital (1) 75,000 beth worley, drawing (9) 2,500 fees earned (5) 12,300 operating expenses (4) 6,280 (8) 660 indicate for each debit and each credit (a) whether an asset, liability, owner's equity, drawing, revenue, or expense account was affected and (b) whether the account was increased (+) or decreased account debited account credited transaction type effect type effect (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

On july 1, 2016, killearn company acquired 103,000 of the outstanding shares of shaun company for $21 per share. this acquisition gave killearn a 40 percent ownership of shaun and allowed killearn to significantly influence the investee's decisions. as of july 1, 2016, the investee had assets with a book value of $6 million and liabilities of $1,468,500. at the time, shaun held equipment appraised at $140,000 above book value; it was considered to have a seven-year remaining life with no salvage value. shaun also held a copyright with a five-year remaining life on its books that was undervalued by $562,500. any remaining excess cost was attributable to goodwill. depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method. killearn applies the equity method for its investment in shaun. shaun's policy is to declare and pay a $1 per share cash dividend every april 1 and october 1. shaun's income, earned evenly throughout each year, was $580,000 in 2016, $606,600 in 2017, and $649,200 in 2018. in addition, killearn sold inventory costing $93,000 to shaun for $155,000 during 2017. shaun resold $97,500 of this inventory during 2017 and the remaining $57,500 during 2018.a. determine the equity income to be recognized by killearn during each of these years. 2016 2017 2018b. compute killearn’s investment in shaun company’s balance as of december 31, 2018.

cranium, inc., purchases term papers from an overseas supplier under a continuous review system. the average demand for a popular mode is 300 units a day with a standard deviation of 30 units a day. it costs $60 to process each order and there is a five−day lead−time. the holding cost for a paper is $0.25 per year and the company policy is to maintain a 98% service level. cranium operates 200 days per year.what is the reorder point r to satisfy a 98% cycleminus−service level? a. greater than 1,700 unitsb. greater than 1,600 units but less than or equal to 1,700 unitsc. greater than 1,500 units but less than or equal to 1,600 unitsd. less than or equal to 1,500 units