The alpine shop is a store that specializes in selling equipment for camping and other outdoor activities. the store has many employees who love to camp, hike, hunt, and fish. these employees often go out of their way to provide honest and advice about the good and bad features of the products they sell.
which type of utility is created by the efforts of these employees?

a) place utility
b) comparison utility
c) ownership utility
d) information utility

Dr. sperry, a biologist, is using excel to track growth rates of different populations of bacteria. she has a very complex formula in one cell. it begins with “round”. dr. sperry would like to see exactly how excel’s calculation reached the final rounded value that she sees in the cell. what could dr. sperry do to best understand how the calculation was made? try different formulas on her own until she reaches the value shown in excel click on the evaluate formula button in the formulas tab and then click “step in” select the cell and then look at the formula in the formula field of the ribbon remove “round” from the formula in order to see the actual value before rounding

You are the manager of a large crude-oil refinery. as part of the refining process, a certain heat exchanger (operated at high temperatures and with abrasive material flowing through it) must be replaced every year. the replacement and downtime cost in the first year is $165 comma 000. this cost is expected to increase due to inflation at a rate of 7% per year for six years (i.e. until the eoy 7), at which time this particular heat exchanger will no longer be needed. if the company's cost of capital is 15% per year, how much could you afford to spend for a higher quality heat exchanger so that these annual replacement and downtime costs could be eliminated?

Goldman services hired a new clerk to keep custody of and maintain all the equipment in the equipment yard. the clerk has not yet been adequately trained on the maintenance needs of the equipment. which internal control procedure needs strengthening?