In many market situations, such as an oligopoly or monopolistic competition, there is a very strong expectation of what the price for a product should be. in these situations, many businesses engage in by using advertising, free-product offers or bonus packaging to differentiate their product.

He aldermanalderman company has prepared a sales budget of 42 comma 00042,000 finished units for a 3-month period. the company has an inventory of 10 comma 00010,000 units of finished goods on hand at december 31 and has a target finished goods inventory of 11 comma 00011,000 units at the end of the succeeding quarter. it takes 44 gallons of direct materials to make one unit of finished product. the company has inventory of 64 comma 00064,000 gallons of direct materials at december 31 and has a target ending inventory of 53 comma 00053,000 gallons at the end of the succeeding quarter. how many gallons of direct materials should aldermanalderman company purchase during the 3 months ending march 31? select the labels and enter the amounts to calculate the direct materials (gallons) to be purchased.

An investment offers a total return of 18 percent over the coming year. janice yellen thinks the total real return on this investment will be only 14 percent. what does janice believe the inflation rate will be over the next year?

In 2017, "a public university was awarded a federal reimbursement grant" of $18 million to carry out research. of this, $12 million was intended to cover direct costs and $6 million to cover overhead. in a particular year, the university incurred $4 million in allowable direct costs and received $3.4 million from the federal government. it expected to incur the remaining costs and collect the remaining balance in 2018. for 2017 it should recognize revenues from the grant of