Marks corporation has two operating departments, drilling and grinding, and an office. the three categories of office expenses are allocated to the two departments using different allocation bases. the following information is available for the current period: office expenses total allocation basis salaries $ 30,000 number of employees depreciation 20,000 cost of goods sold advertising 40,000 net sales item drilling grinding total number of employees 1,000 1,500 2,500 net sales $ 325,000 $ 475,000 $ 800,000 cost of goods sold $ 75,000 $ 125,000 $ 200,000 the amount of depreciation that should be allocated to drilling for the current period is:

Captain john's yachts, inc., located in fort lauderdale, florida, rents three types of ocean-going boats: sailboats, cabin cruisers, and captain john's favorite, the luxury yachts. captain john advertises his boats with his famous "you rent"we pilot" slogan, which means that the company supplies the captain and crew for each rented boat. each rented boat has one captain, of course, but the crew sizes (deck hands, galley hands, etc.) differ. the crew requirements, in addition to a captain, are one for sailboats, two for cabin cruisers, and three for yachts. ten employees are captains, and an additional 18 employees fill the various crew positions. currently, captain john has rental requests for all his boats: four sailboats, eight cabin cruisers, and three luxury yachts. if captain john's daily profit contribution is $50 for sailboats, $70 for cruisers, and $100 for luxury yachts, how many boats of each type should he rent?

Randall's, inc. has 20,000 shares of stock outstanding with a par value of $1.00 per share. the market value is $12 per share. the balance sheet shows $42,000 in the capital in excess of par account, $20,000 in the common stock account, and $50,500 in the retained earnings account. the firm just announced a 5 percent (small) stock dividend. what will the balance in the retained earnings account be after the dividend?

What is the sequence of events that could lead to trade surplus