Manero Company included the following information in its annual report: 2019 2018 2017Sales $ 178,400 $ 162,500 $ 155,500 Cost of goods sold 115,000 102,500 100,000 Operating expenses 50,000 50,000 45,000 Operating income 13,400 10,000 10,500 In a trend income statement for 2017, where 2017 is the base year, sales are expressed as:Multiple Choice84.4%150.5%92.6%100.0%Hansel Corporation’s condensed balance sheets appear below:2019 2018 2017Assets: Current assets $ 55,000 $ 56,500 $ 70,000 Plant & equipment, net 495,000 410,000 440,000 Intangible assets, net 20,000 27,500 40,000 Total assets $ 570,000 $ 494,000 $ 550,000 Liabilities & Stockholders’ Equity: Current liabilities 40,000 $ 35,000 $ 32,500 Long-term liabilities 395,000 310,000 375,000 Stockholders’ equity 135,000 149,000 142,500 Total liabilities & equity $ 570,000 $ 494,000 $ 550,000 In a common size balance sheet for 2018, plant and equipment (net) is expressed as:Multiple Choice83.0%100.0%83.6%91.1%Manero Company included the following information in its annual report:2019 2018 2017Sales $ 178,400 $ 162,500 $ 155,500 Cost of goods sold 115,000 102,500 100,000 Operating expenses 50,000 50,000 45,000 Operating income 13,400 10,000 10,500 In a common-size income statement for 2017, the cost of goods sold is expressed as:Multiple Choice100.0%64.3%40.0%230.0%

Read the scenario. alfonso is 19 years old and has a high school diploma. recently, he was promoted to assistant manager at the fast-food restaurant where he has worked since the age of sixteen. his dream is to become the restaurant’s manager. what is his best option for achieving his dream? he should find another job and work his way up to a higher position. he should hope that his manager transfers to another location and that he is his replacement. he should attend classes at the local college to receive training in management. he should work hard, work longer hours, and remain assistant manager.

The chromosome manufacturing company produces two products, x and y. the company president, jean mutation, is concerned about the fierce competition in the market for product x. she notes that competitors are selling x for a price well below chromosome's price of $13.50. at the same time, she notes that competitors are pricing product y almost twice as high as chromosome's price of $12.50.ms. mutation has obtained the following data for a recent time period: product x product y number of units 11,000 3,000 direct materials cost per unit $3.23 $3.09 direct labor cost per unit $2.22 $2.10 direct labor hours 10,000 3,500 machine hours 2,100 1,800 inspection hours 80 100 purchase orders 10 30ms. mutation has learned that overhead costs are assigned to products on the basis of direct labor hours. the overhead costs for this time period consisted of the following items: overhead cost item amount inspection costs $16,200 purchasing costs 8,000 machine costs 49,000 total $73,200using direct labor hours to allocate overhead costs determine the gross margin per unit for product x. choose the best answer from the list below. a. $1.93b. $3.12c. $7.38d. $2.43e. $1.73using activity-based costing for overhead allocation, determine the gross margin per unit for product y. choose best answer from list below. a. $10.07b. ($2.27)c. ($5.23)d. ($7.02)e. $7.02

Which of the following statements is not correct? the stock of publicly owned companies must generally be registered with and reported to a regulatory agency such as the sec. when stock in a closely held corporation is offered to the public for the first time, the transaction is called "going public, or an ipo," and the market for such stock is called the new issue or ipo market. "going public" establishes a firm's true intrinsic value and ensures that a liquid market will always exist for the firm's shares. if you wanted to know what rate of return stocks have provided in the past, you could examine data on the dow jones industrial index, the s& p 500 index, or the nasdaq index.