Group training gives employees hands-on practice with supervision.

In the fall, jay thompson decided to live in a university dormitory. he signed a dorm contract under which he was obligated to pay the room rent for the full college year. one clause stated that if he moved out during the year, he could sell his dorm contract to another student who would move into the dormitory as his replacement. the dorm cost was $5000 for the two semesters, which jay had already paid a month after he moved into the dorm, he decided he would prefer to live in an apartment. that week, after some searching for a replacement to fulfill his dorm contract, jay had two offers. one student offered to move in immediately and to pay jay $300 per month for the eight remaining months of the school year. a second student offered to move in the second semester and pay $2500 to jay. jay estimates his food cost per month is $500 if he lives in the dorm and $450 if he lives in an apartment with three other students. his share of the apartment rent and utilities will be $404 per month. assume each semester is 4.5 months long. disregard the small differences in the timing of the disbursements or receipts. what is the cost of the cheapest alternative?

Calculate riverside’s financial ratios for 2014. assume that riverside had $1,000,000 in lease payments and $1,400,000 in debt principal repayments in 2014. (hint: use the book discussion to identify the applicable ratios.)

Cherokee inc. is a merchandiser that provided the following information: amount number of units sold 20,000 selling price per unit $ 30 variable selling expense per unit $ 4 variable administrative expense per unit $ 2 total fixed selling expense $ 40,000 total fixed administrative expense $ 30,000 beginning merchandise inventory $ 24,000 ending merchandise inventory $ 44,000 merchandise purchases $ 180,000 required: 1. prepare a traditional income statement. 2. prepare a contribution format income statement.