Why was relying on one crop or resource presented an economic problem for many latin amwerican nations?

The following information is from the 2019 records of albert book shop: accounts receivable, december 31, 2019 $ 42 comma 000 (debit) allowance for bad debts, december 31, 2019 prior to adjustment 2 comma 000 (debit) net credit sales for 2019 179 comma 000 accounts written off as uncollectible during 2017 15 comma 000 cash sales during 2019 28 comma 500 bad debts expense is estimated by the method. management estimates that $ 5 comma 300 of accounts receivable will be uncollectible. calculate the amount of bad debts expense for 2019.

The following accounts are from last year’s books at s manufacturing: raw materials bal 0 (b) 157,400 (a) 172,500 15,100 work in process bal 0 (f) 523,600 (b) 133,700 (c) 171,400 (e) 218,500 0 finished goods bal 0 (g) 477,000 (f) 523,600 46,600 manufacturing overhead (b) 23,700 (e) 218,500 (c) 27,700 (d) 159,400 7,700 cost of goods sold (g) 477,000 s manufacturing uses job-order costing and applies manufacturing overhead to jobs based on direct labor costs. what is the amount of cost of goods manufactured for the year

You wish to retire in 13 years, at which time you want to have accumulated enough money to receive an annual annuity of $23,000 for 18 years after retirement. during the period before retirement you can earn 9 percent annually, while after retirement you can earn 11 percent on your money. what annual contributions to the retirement fund will allow you to receive the $23,000 annuity? use appendix c and appendix d for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods.