Grason Corporation is preparing a budgeted balance sheet for 2018. The retained earnings balance at December 31, 2017 was $533,500. The 2018 budgeted income statement shows expected net income of $112,000. The company expects to declare dividends during 2018 amounting to $40,000.

The expected balance in retained earnings on the 2018 budgeted balance sheet is:

A. $533,500
B. $685,500
C. $493,500
D. $605,500
E. $645,500.

Which (if any) of the following scenarios is the result of a natural monopoly? instructions: you may select more than one answer. a. patent holders of genetically modified seeds are permitted to sue farmers who save seeds from one planting season to the next. b. doctors in the united states are prohibited from practicing without a medical license. c. there is one train operator with service from baltimore to philadelphia. d. coal is used as the primary energy in a country with abundant coal deposits.