North corp. has an employee benefit plan for compensated absences that gives employees 10 paid vacation days and 10 paid sick days. both vacation and sick days can be carried over indefinitely. employees can elect to receive payment in lieu of vacation days; however, no payment is given for sick days not taken. at december 31, 2013, north's unadjusted balance of liability for compensated absences was $21,000. north estimated that there were 150 vacation days and 75 sick days available at december 31, 2013. north's employees earn an average of $100 per day. in its december 31, 2013, balance sheet, what amount of liability for compensated absences is north required to report? a. $15,000b. $21,000c. $22,500d. $36,000

Galwaysc electronics makes two products. model a requires component a and component c. model b requires component b and component c. new versions of both models are released each year with updated versions of all components. all components are sourced overseas, and abc contracts annually for a quantity of each component before seeing that year’s demand. components are only assembled into finished products once demand for each model is known. for the coming year, alwaysc’s purchasing manner has proposed ordering 500,000 units of component a, 630,000 of component b, and 1,000,000 units of component c. her boss has asked why she has recommended purchasing so much of components a and b when alwaysc will not have enough of component c to fully use all of the inventory of a and b. what factors might the purchasing manager cite to explain her recommended order? explain your reasoning.

The hartman family is saving $400 monthly for ronald's college education. the family anticipates they will need to contribute $20,000 towards his first year of college, which is in 4 years .which best explain s whether the family will have enough money in 4 years ?

Two products, qi and vh, emerge from a joint process. product qi has been allocated $34,300 of the total joint costs of $55,000. a total of 2,900 units of product qi are produced from the joint process. product qi can be sold at the split-off point for $11 per unit, or it can be processed further for an additional total cost of $10,900 and then sold for $13 per unit. if product qi is processed further and sold, what would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company compared with sale in its unprocessed form directly after the split-off point?