Gulf consulting co. reported the following on its december 31, 2011, balance sheet: equipment (at cost)…..$700,000. in a disclosure note, gulf indicates that it uses straight-line depreciation over five years and estimates salvage value as 10% of cost. gulf's equipment averages 3.5 years at december 31, 2011. what is the book value of gulf's equipment at december 31, 2011?
a.$490,000
b.$441,000
c.$259,000
d.$210,000

Skathy lee berggren, a professor of oral communication at cornell university, indicates “a lot of my students re­ally [only] scratch the surface with the type of research they’re doing.” according to andy guess, at inside higher ed, “just because students walk in the door as ‘digital natives’, doesn’t mean they’re equipped to handle the heavy lifting of digital databases and proprietary search engines that comprise the bulk of modern, online re­search techniques.” students erroneously think a google search is research. as you read through the reasons that should stimulate your interest in studying research methods or evaluate the nine factors that guarantee good research, what actions do you propose to narrow the gap between students’ research competence and what’s required of a modern college graduate about to become a manage