Read the excerpt from flannery o’connor’s "the life you save may be your own." he held the pose for almost fifty seconds and then he picked up his box and came on to the porch and dropped down on the bottom step. "lady," he said in a firm nasal voice, "i’d give a fortune to live where i could see me a sun do that every evening." keeping in mind the ending of the story, which best describes the irony of mr. shiftlet’s statement?
a) mr. shiftlet does not need a fortune, as he places no value on financial wealth or the security of having a permanent home.
b) instead of staying at the plantation, where he can see sunsets like these for the rest of his life, he runs away with mrs. crater’s car and money.
c) according to mrs. crater, the sun sets like this every evening, and if he stays at the plantation, mr. shiftlet will see this regularly.
d) no amount of money can ensure that an individual will witness a sunset to equal this one and will see it every single day.

Following is stanley black & decker’s income statement for 2016 (in millions): stanley black & decker, inc. income statement for the year ended december 31, 2016 ($ millions) sales $11,406.9 cost of goods sold 7,139.7 gross profit $ 4,267.2 selling, general and administrative expenses 2,602.0 other operating expenses 268.2 operating income 1,397.0 interest and other nonoperating expenses 171.3 income before income tax 1,225.7 income tax expense 261.2 net income $ 964.5 compute stanley black & decker’s gross profit margin.

Exercise 4-6 the following balances were taken from the books of alonzo corp. on december 31, 2017. interest revenue $86,000 accumulated depreciation—equipment $40,000 cash 51,000 accumulated depreciation—buildings 28,000 sales revenue 1,380,000 notes receivable 155,000 accounts receivable 150,000 selling expenses 194,000 prepaid insurance 20,000 accounts payable 170,000 sales returns and allowances 150,000 bonds payable 100,000 allowance for doubtful accounts 7,000 administrative and general expenses 97,000 sales discounts 45,000 accrued liabilities 32,000 land 100,000 interest expense 60,000 equipment 200,000 notes payable 100,000 buildings 140,000 loss from earthquake damage 150,000 cost of goods sold 621,000 common stock 500,000 retained earnings 21,000 assume the total effective tax rate on all items is 34%. prepare a multiple-step income statement; 100,000 shares of common stock were outstanding during the year. (round earnings per share to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.48.)

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