For each transaction, indicate the transaction's effect on the company's accounting equation by selecting either increase, decrease, or no effect for each area of the accounting equation. do not leave any of the fields below blank.
(if the transaction were to cause an increase and decrease to the same area of the accounting equation, "no effect" should be chosen as the overall effect to that area)
a. on may 1, issued 20,000 shares of $10 par common stock for $20 per share.
b. on june 1, purchased 4,000 shares of treasury stock for $25 per share.
c. on sept 1, declared a 4-for-1 stock split.
d. on oct 1, declared a dividend of $10,000 to be paid on nov 15.
e. on nov 15, paid the dividend previously declared on oct 1.

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i. e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i. e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.

During the holiday season, maria's department store works with a contracted employment agency to bring extra workers on board to handle overflow business, and extra duties such as wrapping presents. maria's is using during these rush times.

Draw a flowchart for a process of interest to you, such as a quick oil-change service, a factory process you might have worked in, ordering a pizza, renting a car or truck, buying products on the internet, or applying for an automobile loan. identify the points where something (people, information) waits for service or is held in work-in-process inventory, the estimated time to accomplish each activity in the process, and the total flow time. evaluate how well the process worked and what might be done to improve it.