Divine apparel has 2,600 shares of common stock outstanding. on october 1, the company declares a $0.25 per share dividend to stockholders of record on october 15. the dividend is paid on october 31. record all transactions on the appropriate dates for cash dividends.

Explanation:

The journal entries are shown below:

On October 1

Dividend Declared A/c Dr $650        (2,600 shares × $0.25)

         To Dividend payable A/c $650

(Being dividend is declared)

On October 15

No entry is required

On October 31

Dividend payable A/c Dr  $650

        To Cash A/c  $650

(Being dividend is paid for cash)

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.