Use the following information about the current year's operations of a company to calculate the cash paid for merchandise. Cost of goods sold $226,000
Merchandise inventory, January 1 54,800
Merchandise inventory, December 31 57,400
Accounts payable, January 1 54,400
Accounts payable, December 31 59,800
a. $223,200.
b. $228,800.
c. $234,000.
d. $218,000.
e. $220,000.

Consider 8.5 percent swiss franc/u. s. dollar dual-currency bonds that pay $666.67 at maturity per sf1,000 of par value. it sells at par. what is the implicit sf/$ exchange rate at maturity? will the investor be better or worse off at maturity if the actual sf/$ exchange rate is sf1.35/$1.00

Problem page a medical equipment industry manufactures x-ray machines. the unit cost c (the cost in dollars to make each x-ray machine) depends on the number of machines made. if x machines are made, then the unit cost is given by the function =cx+−0.3x2126x31,935 . how many machines must be made to minimize the unit cost?

Asupermarket has been experiencing long lines during peak periods of the day. the problem is noticeably worse on certain days of the week, and the peak periods are sometimes different according to the day of the week. there are usually enough workers on the job to open all cash registers. the problem is knowing when to call some of the workers stocking shelves up to the front to work the checkout counters. how might decision models the supermarket? what data would be needed to develop these models?