Exercise 5-19 effect of inventory cost flow (fifo, lifo, and weighted average) on gross margin lo 5-6 [the following information applies to the questions displayed below.] the following information pertains to mason company for 2018: beginning inventory 150 units @ $ 70 units purchased 410 units @ $ 73 ending inventory consisted of 100 units. mason sold 460 units at $146 each. all purchases and sales were made with cash. operating expenses amounted to $2700. rev: 09_05_2017_qc_cs-97527 exercise 5-19 part a required compute the gross margin for mason company using the following cost flow assumptions: (1) fifo, (2) lifo, and (3) weighted average.

John and daphne are saving for their daughter ellen's college education. ellen just turned 10 at (t = 0), and she will be entering college 8 years from now (at t = 8). college tuition and expenses at state u. are currently $14,500 a year, but they are expected to increase at a rate of 3.5% a year. ellen should graduate in 4 years--if she takes longer or wants to go to graduate school, she will be on her own. tuition and other costs will be due at the beginning of each school year (at t = 8, 9, 10, and 11).so far, john and daphne have accumulated $15,000 in their college savings account (at t = 0). their long-run financial plan is to add an additional $5,000 in each of the next 4 years (at t = 1, 2, 3, and 4). then they plan to make 3 equal annual contributions in each of the following years, t = 5, 6, and 7. they expect their investment account to earn 9%. how large must the annual payments at t = 5, 6, and 7 be to cover ellen's anticipated college costs? a. $1,965.21b. $2,068.64c. $2,177.51d. $2,292.12e. $2,412.76