X-Mart uses the perpetual inventory system to account for its merchandise. A customer who purchased merchandise on account requested an allowance on a merchandise purchase due to its poor quality, but he did not return the goods back to X-Mart. Assuming that X-mart gives an allowance of $50 on the merchandise, demonstrate the required journal entry on X-Mart's books to record the allowance by selecting all of the correct actions below. a. Debit Merchandise Inventory $50.
b. Credit Merchandise Inventory $50.
c. Credit Sales Returns and Allowances $50.
d. Debit Sales Returns and Allowances $50.
e. Credit Cost of Goods Sold $50.
f. Debit Cost of Goods Sold $50.
g. Credit Accounts Receivable $50.
h. Credit Cash $50.

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

Jen left a job paying $75,000 per year to start her own florist shop in a building she owns. the market value of the building is $120,000. she pays $35,000 per year for flowers and other supplies, and has a bank account that pays 5 percent interest. what is the economic cost of jen's business?

One of the growers is excited by this advancement because now he can sell more crops, which he believes will increase revenue in this market. as an economics student, you can use elasticities to determine whether this change in price will lead to an increase or decrease in total revenue in this market. using the midpoint method, the price elasticity of demand for soybeans between the prices of $5 and $4 per bushel is , which means demand is between these two points. therefore, you would tell the grower that his claim is because total revenue will as a result of the technological advancement.