The following table contains time series data for regular gasoline prices in the United States for 36 consecutive months: Month Price ($) Month Price ($) Month Price ($) 1 2.27 13 2.84 25 3.91 2 2.63 14 2.73 26 3.68 3 2.53 15 2.73 27 3.65 4 2.62 16 2.73 28 3.64 5 2.55 17 2.71 29 3.61 6 2.55 18 2.80 30 3.45 7 2.65 19 2.86 31 338 8 2.61 20 2.99 32 3.27 9 2.72 21 3.10 33 3.38 10 2.64 22 3.21 34 358 II 2.77 23 3.56 35 3.85 12 2.85 24 3.80 36 3.90 a. Create a line chart for these time series data. What interpretations can you make about the average price per gallon of conventional regular gasoline over these 36 months? b. Fit a linear trendline to the data. What does the trendline indicate about the price of gasoline over these 36 months?

Fess receives wages totaling $74,500 and has net earnings from self-employment amounting to $71,300. in determining her taxable self-employment income for the oasdi tax, how much of her net self-employment earnings must fess count? a. $74,500 b. $71,300 c. $53,900 d. $127,200 e. none of the above.

Galwaysc electronics makes two products. model a requires component a and component c. model b requires component b and component c. new versions of both models are released each year with updated versions of all components. all components are sourced overseas, and abc contracts annually for a quantity of each component before seeing that year’s demand. components are only assembled into finished products once demand for each model is known. for the coming year, alwaysc’s purchasing manner has proposed ordering 500,000 units of component a, 630,000 of component b, and 1,000,000 units of component c. her boss has asked why she has recommended purchasing so much of components a and b when alwaysc will not have enough of component c to fully use all of the inventory of a and b. what factors might the purchasing manager cite to explain her recommended order? explain your reasoning.

Beck company had the following accounts and balances at the end of the year. what is net income or net loss for the year? cash $ 74 comma 000 accounts payable $12,000 common stock $21,000 dividends $12,000 operating expenses $ 13 comma 000 accounts receivable $ 49 comma 000 inventory $ 47 comma 000 longminusterm notes payable $33,000 revenues $ 91 comma 000 salaries payable $ 30 comma 000