Simon company's year-end balance sheets follow. at december 31 2017 2016 2015 assets cash $ 31,800 $ 35,625 $ 37,800 accounts receivable, net 89,500 62,500 50,200 merchandise inventory 112,500 82,500 54,000 prepaid expenses 10,700 9,375 5,000 plant assets, net 278,500 255,000 230,500 total assets $ 523,000 $ 445,000 $ 377,500 liabilities and equity accounts payable $ 129,900 $ 75,250 $ 51,250 long-term notes payable secured by mortgages on plant assets 98,500 101,500 83,500 common stock, $10 par value 163,500 163,500 163,500 retained earnings 131,100 104,750 79,250 total liabilities and equity $ 523,000 $ 445,000 $ 377,500 the company's income statements for the years ended december 31, 2017 and 2016, follow. assume that all sales are on credit: for year ended december 31 2017 2016 sales $ 673,500 $ 532,000 cost of goods sold $ 411,225 $ 345,500 other operating expenses 209,550 134,980 interest expense 12,100 13,300 income taxes 9,525 8,845 total costs and expenses 642,400 502,625 net income $ 31,100 $ 29,375 earnings per share $ 1.90 $ 1.80 (1) compute days' sales uncollected.

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Wallis company manufactures only one product and uses a standard cost system. the company uses a predetermined plantwide overhead rate that relies on direct labor-hours as the allocation base. all of the company's manufacturing overhead costs are fixed—it does not incur any variable manufacturing overhead costs. the predetermined overhead rate is based on a cost formula that estimated $2,886,000 of fixed manufacturing overhead for an estimated allocation base of 288,600 direct labor-hours. wallis does not maintain any beginning or ending work in process inventory.

1. list five staple convenience goods that you or your household buys on a regular basis. (you do not need to use complete sentences. 2.5 points) 2. list three impulse convenience goods that you or someone you know has purchased. (you do not need to use complete sentences. 2.5 points) 3. describe a shopping good that you or someone you know purchased. what kind of research did you or that person do before buying the product? (1-5 sentences. 3.0 points) 4. choose an example of a company you could start, and decide which business structure would make the most sense for that type of company (sole proprietorship, partnership, llc, c corporation, s corporation, or nonprofit corporation). explain why this structure would be good for this type of company. give at least 3 reasons. (3-6 sentences. 6.0 points) 5. if you were starting a new business, describe at least three departments to the company that you would need right away. why are these departments so important? (1-5 sentences. 3.0 points) 6. describe a product that you think has saturated its market. what makes you think it has saturated its market? (1-5 sentences. 3.0 points)