Thornton, Inc. has budgeted sales for the months of September and October at $ 303 comma 000.00 and $ 288 comma 000.00, respectively. Monthly sales are 80% credit and 20% cash. Of the credit sales, 50% are collected in the month of sale, and 50% are collected in the following month. Calculate cash collections for the month of October.

Simon, aged 10, is invited to a classmate's birthday party at an exclusive ski resort on march 15th. the day will include 4 hours of snowboarding, lunch and birthday cake. simon's mother checks a box on the invitation that says "yes, we will attend" and returns it to the classmate's address. unfortunately, they later don't attend the party when simon comes down with the flu. on march 17th, simon's mother receives an invoice in the mail from simon's classmate for $35 that says, "party no-show fee." can simon's classmate collect the fee?