A company just starting business made the following four inventory purchases in June: Date Number of Units Purchased Total Cost June 1 100 units $ 360 June 10 150 units 585 June 15 150 units 610 June 28 100 units 520 $2075 A physical count of merchandise inventory on June 30 reveals that there are 240 units on hand. Using the FIFO inventory method, the amount allocated to cost of goods sold for June is

List three major educational changes over the past 100 years that have positively influenced students. explain why these changes were influential.

Who is better at multi-tasking? in business, employees are often asked to perform a complex task when their atten-tion is divided (i.e., multi-tasking). human factors (may 2014) published a study designed to determine whether video game players are better than non–video game play-ers at multi-tasking. each in a sample of 60 college stu-dents was classified as a video game player or a non-player. participants entered a street crossing simulator and were asked to cross a busy street at an unsigned intersec-tion. the simulator was designed to have cars traveling at various high rates of speed in both directions. during the crossing, the students also performed a memory task as a distraction. two variables were measured for each student: (1) a street crossing performance score (measured out of 100 points) and (2) a memory task score (measured out of 20 points). the researchers found no differences in either the street crossing performance or memory task score of video game players and non-gamers. “these results,” say the researchers, “suggest that action video game players [and non-gamers] are equally susceptible to the costs of dividing attention in a complex task”

If you were running a company, what are at least two things you could do to improve its productivity.