A 2015 study of hospitals, power plants, and water utilities found that government-owned and operated companies were more likely than private companies to violate health and safety laws. Possible explanations for this include the following, except

A) Government-owned companies may have difficulty getting taxpayers and politicians to approve the funding needed to improve their facilities.

B) The health and safety laws appear to be applied much more leniently against government-owned companies than against private companies.

C) Government-owned companies tend to be run by less qualified and less competent managers than the private companies.

D) Government-owned companies are under less pressure to comply with the laws, because fines for violations are often delayed or even avoided .

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Kiona co. set up a petty cash fund for payments of small amounts. the following transactions involving the petty cash fund occurred in may (the last month of the company's fiscal year). may 1 prepared a company check for $350 to establish the petty cash fund. 15 prepared a company check to replenish the fund for the following expenditures made since may 1. a. paid $109.20 for janitorial services. b. paid $89.15 for miscellaneous expenses. c. paid postage expenses of $60.90. d. paid $80.01 to the county gazette (the local newspaper) for an advertisement. e. counted $26.84 remaining in the petty cashbox. 16 prepared a company check for $200 to increase the fund to $550. 31 the petty cashier reports that $380.27 cash remains in the fund. a company check is drawn to replenish the fund for the following expenditures made since may 15. f. paid postage expenses of $59.10. g. reimbursed the office manager for business mileage, $47.05. h. paid $48.58 to deliver merchandise to a customer, terms fob destination. 31 the company decides that the may 16 increase in the fund was too large. it reduces the fund by $50, leaving a total of $500.

Suppose a country's productivity last year was 84. if this country's productivity growth rate of 5 percent is to be maintained, this means that this year's productivity will have to be: