General motors operates several divisions in supplying cars, trucks, vans, and suvs to its customers. each division engages the usual business participants, overlaps management functions with other divisions, and works in basically the same functional areas as all of the others. chevrolet, pontiac, oldsmobile, cadillac, saturn, and gmc trucks are among the company's product lines. its few major competitors include ford, daimlerchrysler, nissan, honda, and toyota. each automaker sells a large portion of all the products sold in the marketplace, and each differentiates its product lines. if the automobile industry included many rather than few manufacturers of differentiated their products, we might conclude that it was characterized by conditions.
(a) bipolistic
(b) monopolistic
(c) multipolistic
(d) none of the above

Acompany using the perpetual inventory system purchased inventory worth $540,000 on account with credit terms of 2/15, n/45. defective inventory of $40,000 was returned 2 days later, and the accounts were appropriately adjusted. if the company paid the invoice 20 days later, the journal entry to record the payment would be

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The partnership of douglas, ryan, and ellen has dissolved and is in the process of liquidation. on july 1, 2016, just before the second cash distribution, the assets and equities of the partnership along with profit and loss sharing ratios were as follows: cash $30,000receivable - net $20,000inventories $25,000equipment - net $30,000total assets $80,000liabilities $12,000douglas, capital (20%) $28,000ryan, capital (50%) $24,000ellen, capital (30%) $16,000total liab./equity $80,000assume that the available cash is distributed immediately, except for a $2,000 contingency fund that is withheld pending complete liquidation of the partnership. how much cash should be paid to each of the partners? a. $3,200 douglas, $8,000 ryan, $4,800 ellenb. $5,600 douglas, $14,000 ryan, $8,400 ellenc. $16,000 douglas, $0 ryan, $0 ellend. $8,000 douglas, $0 ryan, $8,000 ellen