Use the following selected information from Whitman Corp. to determine the Year 1 and Year 2 trend percentages for net sales using Year 1 as the base. Year 2Year 1Net sales$276,200 $231,400 Cost of goods sold 151,900 129,590 Operating expenses 55,240 53,240 Net earnings 27,820 19,820 Multiple Choice55.0% for Year 2 and 56.0% for Year 1.36.4% for Year 2 and 41.1% for Year 1.117.2% for Year 2 and 100.0% for Year 1.119.4% for Year 2 and 100.0% for Year 1.65.1% for Year 2 and 64.6% for Year 1.

12. nelson corporation, which has only one product, has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: selling price $ 115 units in beginning inventory 380 units produced 5,900 units sold 6,070 units in ending inventory 210 variable costs per unit: direct materials $ 46 direct labor $ 27 variable manufacturing overhead $ 3 variable selling and administrative $ 12 fixed costs: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 112,100 fixed selling and administrative $ 36,420 the company produces the same number of units every month, although the sales in units vary from month to month. the company's variable costs per unit and total fixed costs have been constant from month to month. a. prepare a contribution format income statement for the month using variable costing. unit product cost under variable costing direct materials direct labor variable manufacturing overhead variable costing unit product cost (formula)

Guardian inc. is trying to develop an asset-financing plan. the firm has $450,000 in temporary current assets and $350,000 in permanent current assets. guardian also has $550,000 in fixed assets. assume a tax rate of 40 percent. a. construct two alternative financing plans for guardian. one of the plans should be conservative, with 70 percent of assets financed by long-term sources, and the other should be aggressive, with only 56.25 percent of assets financed by long-term sources. the current interest rate is 12 percent on long-term funds and 7 percent on short-term financing. compute the annual interest payments under each plan.

Why has the free enterprise system been modified to include some government intervention?