Mark's Consulting experienced the following transactions for 2018, its first year of operations, and 2019. Assume that all transactions involve the receipt or payment of cash. Transactions for 2018 1. Acquired $60,000 by issuing common stock. 2. Received $110,000 cash for providing services to customers. 3. Borrowed $17,000 cash from creditors. 4. Paid expenses amounting to $58,000. 5. Purchased land for $30,000 cash. Transactions for 2019 Beginning account balances for 2019 are: Cash Land Notes payable Common stock Retained earnings 52,000 $99,000 30,000 17,000 60,000

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)