On january 1, 2018, national insulation corporation (nic) leased equipment from united leasing under a finance lease. lease payments are made annually. title does not transfer to the lessee and there is no purchase option or guarantee of a residual value by nic. portions of the united leasing's lease amortization schedule appear below: jan. 1 payments effective interest decrease in balance outstanding balance 2018 192,501 2018 20,000 20,000 172,501 2019 20,000 17,250 2,750 169,751 2020 20,000 16,975 3,025 166,726 2021 20,000 16,673 3,327 163,399 2022 20,000 16,340 3,660 159,739 2023 20,000 15,974 4,026 155,713 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2035 20,000 7,364 12,636 61,006 2036 20,000 6,101 13,899 47,107 2037 20,000 4,711 15,289

During january 2018, the following transactions occur: january 1 purchase equipment for $20,600. the company estimates a residual value of $2,600 and a five-year service life. january 4 pay cash on accounts payable, $10,600. january 8 purchase additional inventory on account, $93,900. january 15 receive cash on accounts receivable, $23,100 january 19 pay cash for salaries, $30,900. january 28 pay cash for january utilities, $17,600. january 30 firework sales for january total $231,000. all of these sales are on account. the cost of the units sold is $120,500. the following information is available on january 31, 2018. depreciation on the equipment for the month of january is calculated using the straight-line method. the company estimates future uncollectible accounts. at the end of january, considering the total ending balance of the accounts receivable account as shown on the general ledger tab, $4,100 is now past due (older than 90 days), while the remainder of the balance is current (less than 90 days old). the company estimates that 50% of the past due balance will be uncollectible and only 3% of the current balance will become uncollectible. record the estimated bad debt expense. accrued interest revenue on notes receivable for january. unpaid salaries at the end of january are $33,700. accrued income taxes at the end of january are $10,100

Dakota products has a production budget as follows: may, 16,000 units; june, 19,000 units; and july, 24,000 units. each unit requires 3 pounds of raw material and 2 direct labor hours. dakota desires to keep an inventory of 10% of the next month’s requirements on hand. on may, 1 there were 4,800 pounds of raw material in inventory. direct labor hours required in may would be:

When the price is the equilibrium price, we would expect there to be a causing the market to put pressure on the price until it went back to the equilibrium price. a. above; surplus; upward b. above; shortage; downward c. below; surplus; upward d. below; shortage; downward e. above; surplus; downward?