At the end of 2018, murray state lenders had a balance in its allowance for uncollectible accounts of $4,500 (debit) before any adjustment. the company estimated its future uncollectible accounts to be $12,000 using the percentage-of-receivables method. murray state's adjustment on december 31, 2018, to record its estimated uncollectible accounts included a: a. credit to allowance for uncollectible accounts of $12,000. b. debit to bad debt expense of $16,500. c. credit to allowance for uncollectible accounts of $16,500. d. debit to bad debt expense of $16,500; credit to allowance for uncollectible accounts of $16,500.

Lusk corporation produces and sells 14,300 units of product x each month. the selling price of product x is $25 per unit, and variable expenses are $19 per unit. a study has been made concerning whether product x should be discontinued. the study shows that $72,000 of the $102,000 in monthly fixed expenses charged to product x would not be avoidable even if the product was discontinued. if product x is discontinued, the annual financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company of eliminating this product should be:

“strategy, plans, and budgets are unrelated to one another.” do you agree? explain. explain how the manager’s choice of the type of responsibility center (cost, revenue, profit, or investment) affects the behavior of other employees.

Haley photocopying purchases a paper from an out-of-state vendor. average weekly demand for paper is 150 cartons per week for which haley pays $15 per carton. in bound shipments from the vendor average 1000 cartoons with an average lead time of 3 weeks. haley operates 52 weeks per year; it carries a 4-week supply of inventory as safety stock and no anticipation inventory. the vendor has recently announced that they will be building a faculty near haley photocopying that will reduce lead time to one week. further, they will be able to reduce shipments to 200 cartons. haley believes that they will be able to reduce safety stock to a 1-week supply. what impact will these changes make to haley’s average inventory level and its average aggregated inventory value?