An ad hoc committee has been created to decide if the launch for a new product should be continued as scheduled or delayed. The committee members are comprised of diverse decision-makers. Stan is making a plea to the committee to delay based on a hunch he has. Mary has presented a case for her recommendation based on a simplified model to reduce the complexity of the decision at hand. Caroline has carefully constructed a flow chart defining the problem, identifying the decision criteria, allocating weights to the criteria, developing a list of all the possible alternatives, evaluating these alternatives, and then selecting the "best" alternative. Which approach to decision-making is Stan using?

Bayside began 2014 with an inventory t-account debit balance of $155,000. inventory purchases during the year amounted to $75,000. there were no inventory-related write-downs or losses. what is its december 31, 2014, inventory account balance?

Grey company holds an overdue note receivable of $800,000 plus recorded accrued interest of $64,000. the effective interest rate is 8%. as the result of a court-imposed settlement on december 31, year 3, grey agreed to the following restructuring arrangement: reduced the principal obligation to $600,000.forgave the $64,000 accrued interest.extended the maturity date to december 31, year 5.annual interest of $40,000 is to be paid to grey on december 31, year 4 and year 5. the present value of the interest and principal payments to be received by grey company discounted for two years at 8% is $585,734. grey does not elect the fair value option for reporting the debt modification. on december 31, year 3, grey would recognize a valuation allowance for impaired loans of

1. all other things equal, according to the law of demand, when the price of a good falls, the demand for the good falls the demand for the good rises the quantity demanded of the good falls the quantity demanded of the good rises 2. when a market is in equilibrium, the quantity of the good that buyers are willing and able to buy exactly equals the quantity that sellers are willing and able to sell cannot be determined is less than the quantity that sellers are willing and able to sell is greater than the quantity that sellers are willing and able to sell 3. which of the following factors does not influence the demand for a good or service? consumer (buyer) income the price of related goods the number of sellers buyer expectations 4. when the number of sellers in a market increases, demand rises supply rises the price rises, all else equal the number of buyers falls