Case x: compute cash received from customers: sales $ 515,000 accounts receivable, december 31, 2013 27,200 accounts receivable, december 31, 2014 33,600 case y: compute cash paid for rent: rent expense $ 139,800 rent payable, december 31, 2013 7,800 rent payable, december 31, 2014 6,200 case z: compute cash paid for merchandise: cost of goods sold $ 525,000 merchandise inventory, december 31, 2013 158,600 accounts payable, december 31, 2013 66,700 merchandise inventory, december 31, 2014 130,400 accounts payable, december 31, 2014 82,000 for each of the above three separate cases, use the information provided about the calendar-year 2014 operations of sahim company to compute the required cash flow information.

Feedback systems do not always involve negative feedback. economic inflation, which is evidenced by continually rising prices, is a positive feedback system. a positive feedback control system, as shown on the right, adds the feedback signal to the input signal, and the resulting signal is used as the input to the process. a simple model of the price-wage inflationary spiral is shown on the right. add additional feedback loops, such as legislative control or control of the tax rate, to stabilize the system. it is assumed that an increase in workers’ salaries, after some time delay, results an increase in prices. under what conditions could prices be stabilized by falsifying or delaying the availability of cost-ofliving data? how would a national wage and price economic guideline program affect the feedback system?