Ann is trying to decide which one of two job offers she will accept. Several items are presented below: Job Offer A Job Offer B
(1) Base salary $50,000 $50,000
(2) Overtime compensation Comp. time Hourly rate
(3) Moving allowance 3,000 $ 3,000
(4) Signing bonus 0 $ 2,000
(5) Job search costs incurred $ 300 $ 500 job offer chart .
Choose the items that are irrelevant to Ann's decision.
a. (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
b. (2), (5)
c. (1) (3), (5)
d. (2) , (4)

Abenefit of using a debit or credit card instead of cash is that it provides a paper record of a purchase. looking at the purchases below, which one should be made using a credit or a debit card?

About time delivery co. incurred the following costs related to trucks and vans used in operating its delivery service: classify each of the costs as a capital expenditure or a revenue expenditure. 1. changed the oil and greased the joints of all the trucks and vans. 2. changed the radiator fluid on a truck that had been in service for the past four years. 3. installed a hydraulic lift to a van. 4. installed security systems on four of the newer trucks. 5. overhaul the engine on one of the trucks purchased three years ago. 6. rebuilt the transmission on one of the vans that had been driven 40,000 miles. the van was no longer under warranty. 7. removed a two-way radio from one of the trucks and installed a new radio with a greater range of communication. 8. repaired a flat tire on one of the vans. 9. replaced a truck's suspension system with a new suspension system that allows for the delivery of heavier loads. 10. tinted the back and side windows of one of the vans to discourage theft of contents.

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?