Whenever a defined-benefit plan is amended and credit is given to employees for years of service provided before the date of amendment a. both the accumulated benefit obligation and the projected benefit obligation are usually greater than before. b. both the accumulated benefit obligation and the projected benefit obligation are usually less than before. c. the expense and the liability should be recognized at the time of the plan change. d. the expense should be recognized immediately, but the liability may be deferred until a reasonable basis for its determination has been identified

Acompany set up a petty cash fund with $800. the disbursements are as follows: office supplies $300 shipping $50 postage $30 delivery expense $350 to create the fund, which account should be credited? a. postage b. cash at bank c. supplies d. petty cash

If a team of three workers, each making the u.s. federal minimum wage, produced these 12 rugs, what would the total labor cost be? don't forget that these workers would be working overtime.

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?