During 2018, Stout Inc. had the following activities related to its financial operations:

Carrying value of convertible preferred stock in Stout,
converted into common shares of Stout $ 540,000
Payment in 2018 of cash dividend declared in 2017 to
preferred shareholders 279,000
Payment for the early retirement of long-term bonds payable
(carrying amount $3,930,000) 3,975,000
Proceeds from the sale of treasury stock (on books at cost of $387,000) 450,000

The amount of net cash used in financing activities to appear in Stout's statement of cash flows for 2018 should be

A) $2,985,000.
B) $3,264,000.
C) $3,804,000.
D) $3,822,000.

Oz makes lion food out of giraffe and gazelle meat. giraffe meat has 18 grams of protein and 36 grams of fat per pound, while gazelle meat has 36 grams of protein and 18 grams of fat per pound. a batch of lion food must contain at least "46,800" grams of protein and 70,200 grams of fat. giraffe meat costs $1/pound and gazelle meat costs $2/pound. how many pounds of each should go into each batch of lion food in order to minimize costs? hint [see example 2.]

Answer the questions about keynesian theory, market economics, and government policy. keynes believed that there were "sticky" wages and that recessions are caused by increases in prices. decreases in supply. decreases in aggregate demand (ad). increases in unemployment. keynes believed the government should increase ad through increased government spending, but not tax cuts. control wages to increase employment because of sticky wages. increase employment through tax cuts only. increase as through tax cuts. increase ad through either increased government spending or tax cuts. intervene when individual markets fail by controlling prices and production.

Financial performance is measured in many ways. requirements 1. explain the difference between lag and lead indicators. 2. the following is a list of financial measures. indicate whether each is a lag or lead indicator: a. income statement shows net income of $100,000 b. listing of next week's orders of $50,000 c. trend showing that average hits on the redesigned website are increasing at 5% per week d. price sheet from vendor reflecting that cost per pound of sugar for the next month is $2 e. contract signed last month with large retail store that guarantees a minimum shelf space for grandpa's overloaded chocolate cookies for the next year