Tyson foods is the largest u. s. beef and chicken supplier, processing more than 100,000 head of cattle and 40-plus million chickens weekly. their primary distribution channels are supermarket meat departments. however, the company is now expanding distribution into convenience stores. there are almost 150,000 gas stations and convenience stores where the company would like to sell hot buffalo chicken bites near the checkout. this is a promising channel, as sales are growing considerably at these retail outlets and profit margins on prepared foods are higher than selling raw meat to grocery stores. tyson will have to hire 18 more sales representatives at a salary of $45 comma 000 each to expand into this distribution channel because many of these types of stores are independently owned. each convenience store is expected to generate an average of $75 comma 000 in revenue for tyson. if tyson's contribution margin is 30 percent on this product, the sales should increase by $2 comma 700 comma 000 to break even. how many new retail accounts must the company acquire to break even on this tactic? what average number of accounts must each new rep acquire?

For each of the following cases determine the ending balance in the inventory account. (hint: first, determine the total cost of inventory available for sale. next, subtract the cost of the inventory sold to arrive at the ending balance.)a. jill’s dress shop had a beginning balance in its inventory account of $40,000. during the accounting period jill’s purchased $75,000 of inventory, returned $5,000 of inventory, and obtained $750 of purchases discounts. jill’s incurred $1,000 of transportation-in cost and $600 of transportation-out cost. salaries of sales personnel amounted to $31,000. administrative expenses amounted to $35,600. cost of goods sold amounted to $82,300.b. ken’s bait shop had a beginning balance in its inventory account of $8,000. during the accounting period ken’s purchased $36,900 of inventory, obtained $1,200 of purchases allowances, and received $360 of purchases discounts. sales discounts amounted to $640. ken’s incurred $900 of transportation-in cost and $260 of transportation-out cost. selling and administrative cost amounted to $12,300. cost of goods sold amounted to $33,900.a& b. cost of goods avaliable for sale? ending inventory?