During fiscal 2016, Mattel had sales of $5,456,650, total expenses of $5,138,628 and gross profit of $2,554,391. What was Mattel’s cost of sales for 2016? ($ in thousands) A. $2,102,065 thousand B. $5,138,628 thousand C. $2,902,259 thousand D. $ 903,944 thousand E. There is not enough information to calculate the cost of sales.

Juniper company uses a perpetual inventory system and the gross method of accounting for purchases. the company purchased $9,750 of merchandise on august 7 with terms 1/10, n/30. on august 11, it returned $1,500 worth of merchandise. on august 26, it paid the full amount due. the correct journal entry to record the merchandise return on august 11 is:

The market yield on spice grills' bonds is 15%, and the firm's marginal tax rate is 33%. what is their shareholders' required return if the equity risk premium is 4%?

Apharmaceutical packaging company (ppc) has decided to reorganize its processes into cells. the company has four different production operations, each requiring a unique piece of equipment. the names and functions of the four pieces of equipment are sort, count, place, and package. the company packages five different families of products (a, b, c, d, and e). the tables below indicate the demand (total units/day by product family), required operations, and operation cycle times for each product family. assume that any individual piece of equipment is available to operate 16 hours/day, but 2 hours (in total) are lost each day on each piece of equipment due to breaks and meetings when operators are not available to operate the equipment. how many minutes/day are available for production