A birdfeeder is one of the top-selling items at the Museum of Nature’s gift shop. Louise, the museum’s manager, estimates that weekly sales to be 20 birdfeeders. The purchase cost of birdfeeders is $16 per unit, and Louise estimates that it costs 25% of an item’s value to hold one unit in inventory for a year. The gift shop is open for 48 weeks per year. The cost of placing an order is estimated to be $120 per order and the shipments are carried by the birdfeeder manufacturer. According to the current inventory policy, Louise is placing the same order every four months, whenever the inventory level hits zero [Assume: 1 year = 12 months]. Required:
a. What is the total annual cost of this current inventory policy?
b. What is the economic order quantity (EOQ) for Louise to order?
c. What is the difference in the total annual cost between the current inventory policy and the new inventory policy that utilizes EOQ?
d. What will be the new EOQ if ordering cost is dropped to $30/order? How many months will there be in between consecutive orders?

Bella is the new president of first edition, a group dedicated to the promotion of english literacy in first-generation immigrant communities. in the two years that have passed since bella took the position, the organization's members have become more passionate about their mission and intensified their activities—they put in long hours teaching children to read, promoting the program to parents, and soliciting donations. bella's strength is in her ability to inspire others and make them believe that they are part of something greater than themselves. which term best captures bella's leadership style? a. transactional b. transformational c. legitimate authority d. absolute authority

Evan company reports net income of $232,000 each year and declares an annual cash dividend of $100,000. the company holds net assets of $2,130,000 on january 1, 2017. on that date, shalina purchases 40 percent of evan's outstanding common stock for $1,066,000, which gives it the ability to significantly influence evan. at the purchase date, the excess of shalina’s cost over its proportionate share of evan’s book value was assigned to goodwill. on december 31, 2019, what is the investment in evan company balance (equity method) in shalina’s financial records?

For each of the following cases determine the ending balance in the inventory account. (hint: first, determine the total cost of inventory available for sale. next, subtract the cost of the inventory sold to arrive at the ending balance.)a. jill’s dress shop had a beginning balance in its inventory account of $40,000. during the accounting period jill’s purchased $75,000 of inventory, returned $5,000 of inventory, and obtained $750 of purchases discounts. jill’s incurred $1,000 of transportation-in cost and $600 of transportation-out cost. salaries of sales personnel amounted to $31,000. administrative expenses amounted to $35,600. cost of goods sold amounted to $82,300.b. ken’s bait shop had a beginning balance in its inventory account of $8,000. during the accounting period ken’s purchased $36,900 of inventory, obtained $1,200 of purchases allowances, and received $360 of purchases discounts. sales discounts amounted to $640. ken’s incurred $900 of transportation-in cost and $260 of transportation-out cost. selling and administrative cost amounted to $12,300. cost of goods sold amounted to $33,900.a& b. cost of goods avaliable for sale? ending inventory?