Maybelline falls down a well and is saved when her neighbor ruben makes a very daring rescue. ruben hoists her to safety, and maybelline hugs him and promises him a check for $100,000 for his kindness. ruben is delighted and when maybelline visits him the next day and again mentions the $100,000, he tells her that he is going to quit his job as a preschool music teacher and use the money to start a business. two days later he resigns from the nursery school and calls maybelline and asks when he can expect his money. he is startled when she replies that she is not going to give him a cent. will a court enforce maybelline's promise?

Juniper company uses a perpetual inventory system and the gross method of accounting for purchases. the company purchased $9,750 of merchandise on august 7 with terms 1/10, n/30. on august 11, it returned $1,500 worth of merchandise. on august 26, it paid the full amount due. the correct journal entry to record the merchandise return on august 11 is:

Xie company identified the following activities, costs, and activity drivers for 2017. the company manufactures two types of go-karts: deluxe and basic. activity expected costs expected activity handling materials $ 625,000 100,000 parts inspecting product 900,000 1,500 batches processing purchase orders 105,000 700 orders paying suppliers 175,000 500 invoices insuring the factory 300,000 40,000 square feet designing packaging 75,000 2 models required: 1. compute a single plantwide overhead rate, assuming that the company assigns overhead based on 125,000 budgeted direct labor hours. 2. in january 2017, the deluxe model required 2,500 direct labor hours and the basic model required 6,000 direct labor hours. assign overhead costs to each model using the single plantwide overhead rate.

During the holiday season, maria's department store works with a contracted employment agency to bring extra workers on board to handle overflow business, and extra duties such as wrapping presents. maria's is using during these rush times.