Stryker Corporation is a leading medical technology company headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that trades on the New York Stock Exchange. Following are selected financial data for Stryker for the period 2009-2013. 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Profit margin % 16.5% 17.4% 16.2% 15.0% 11.2% Retention Ratio % 82.1% 81.3% 79.3% 75.0% 60.1% Asset turnover X 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 Financial leverage X 1.7 1.74 1.7 1.7 1.8 Growth rate in sales % 0.1% 8.9% 13.5% 4.2% 4.2% Calculate Stryker's annual sustainable growth rate from 2009 through 2013 as a percentage to 1 decimal place.

Solomon chemical company makes three products, b7, k6, and x9, which are joint products from the same materials. in a standard batch of 320,000 pounds of raw materials, the company generates 70,000 pounds of b7, 150,000 pounds of k6, and 100,000 pounds of x9. a standard batch costs $3,840,000 to produce. the sales prices per pound are $10, $14, and $20 for b7, k6, and x9, respectively. (a) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base. (b) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using market value as the allocation base. (c) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base.