The stockholders’ equity accounts of marigold corp. on january 1, 2022, were as follows. preferred stock (7%, $100 par noncumulative, 9,500 shares authorized) $570,000 common stock ($4 stated value, 570,000 shares authorized) 1,900,000 paid-in capital in excess of par value—preferred stock 28,500 paid-in capital in excess of stated value—common stock 912,000 retained earnings 1,307,200 treasury stock (9,500 common shares) 76,000 during 2022, the corporation had the following transactions and events pertaining to its stockholders’ equity. feb. 1 issued 9,500 shares of common stock for $57,000. mar. 20 purchased 1,900 additional shares of common treasury stock at $7 per share. oct. 1 declared a 7% cash dividend on preferred stock, payable november 1. nov. 1 paid the dividend declared on october 1. dec. 1 declared a $0.50 per share cash dividend to common stockholders of record on december 15, payable december 31, 2022. dec. 31 determined that net income for the year was $530,000. paid the dividend declared on december 1.

The hawthorne works was a large western electric factory with 45,000 employees. during the 1920s and 1930s, hawthorne works was the site of some well-known industrial studies. in one of the studies, researchers investigated the impact of different working conditions on worker productivity. prior to the start of the study, researchers secretly measured workers' productivity for several weeks. then researchers chose two workers, who then chose their own teams. the teams were separated from the general workforce and completed their work in different experiment rooms where the researchers could observe them more easily. over a 5-year period researchers manipulated the structure of the workday for each team (number and duration of breaks and number of hours per shift). for each of these changes in working conditions, the researchers measured the effect on productivity. for some conditions, such as frequent short breaks, workers rebelled by intentionally decreasing productivity.why did the researchers secretly measure the workers' productivity before creating the two treatment groups? a, to create similar treatment groups so that a cause-and-effect relationship could be establishedb, to draw conclusions about the productivity of all workers in the plant based on the test groupsc, to directly control for confounding variablesd, to provide a baseline for measuring worker productivity

On january 1, 2018, jay company acquired all the outstanding ownership shares of zee company. in assessing zee's acquisition-date fair values, jay concluded that the carrying value of zee's long-term debt (8-year remaining life) was less than its fair value by $21,600. at december 31, 2018, zee company's accounts show interest expense of $14,440 and long-term debt of $380,000. what amounts of interest expense and long-term debt should appear on the december 31, 2018, consolidated financial statements of jay and its subsidiary zee? long-term debt $401,600 $398,900 $401,600 $398,900 interest expense $17,140 $17,140 $11,740 $11,740 a. b. c. d.

In myanmar, six laborers, each making the equivalent of $ 2.50 per day, can produce 40 units per day. in china, ten laborers, each making the equivalent of $ 2.25 per day, can produce 48 units. in billings comma montana, two laborers, each making $ 60.00 per day, can make 102 units. based on labor cost per unit only, the most economical location to produce the item is china , with a labor cost per unit of $ . 05. (enter your response rounded to two decimal places.)