P. p. pumpkineater, the renowned agricultural geneticist, has mutated previous varieties of pumpkins and produced two new strains, scaryface and candlebreath. because he has limited marketing funds, he must decide which strain is the most "jack-o-lanternable." having been in the jack-o-lantern business for a long period of time, he has developed the pppjol test to compare different strains. the plot of land available for planting is on the side of a hill with a large number of trees on top and a stream near the bottom. he is quite concerned about the effects of sunlight and water on the growth of the pumpkins. he has 60 seeds of each variety available for testing. design an experiment that will p. p. determine which strain to market.

An investment offers a total return of 18 percent over the coming year. janice yellen thinks the total real return on this investment will be only 14 percent. what does janice believe the inflation rate will be over the next year?

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Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.