Clementine Co. computes depreciation to the nearest whole month and uses the straight-line method. On May 2, 2015, the company purchased an asset for $18,000 with a four-year life and a $3,600 residual value. On October 6, Karen also sold an asset with a cost of $34,500 that had been purchased in 2015. The sold asset had been estimated to have a five-year life and no residual value when it was purchased. The depreciation expense on these two assets for 2015 totals

When an interest-bearing note comes due and is uncollectible, the journal entry includes debiting

Afactory owner wants his workers to produce as many widgets as they can so he pays his workers based on how many widgets they produce. however, in order to make sure that the workers do not rush and produce a large number of poorly made widgets, he checks the widgets at random at various stages of their manufacture. if a defect is found in a widget, the pay of the entire section of the factory responsible for that defect is docked. how is this factory owner seeking to solve the agency conflict problem in this case?

The plastic flowerpots company has two manufacturing departments, molding and packaging. at the beginning of the month, the molding department has 2,100 units in inventory, 70% complete as to materials. during the month, the molding department started 18,500 units. at the end of the month, the molding department had 3,150 units in ending inventory, 80% complete as to materials. units completed in the molding department are transferred into the packaging department. cost information for the molding department for the month follows: beginning work in process inventory (direct materials) $ 1,300 direct materials added during the month 28,900 using the weighted-average method, compute the molding department's (a) equivalent units of production for materials and (b) cost per equivalent unit of production for materials for the month. (round "cost per equivalent unit of production" to 2 decimal places.)