Retained earnings is a. The positive cash flows of a company. b. The net worth of a company. c. The owners' equity that has accumulated as a result of profitable operations. d. Equal to the total assets of a company.

The correct answer is letter "C": The owners' equity that has accumulated as a result of profitable operations.

Explanation:

Retained Earnings are the part of the company's net profits it does not pay out as dividends to shareholders. The company retains the money and reinvests it in the company, or uses it to pay off a part of its debt. To see how much profits a corporation has kept, look under the Shareholder's equity in the Balance Sheet.

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

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