A fire destroyed a warehouse of the Goren Group, Inc., on May 4, 2018. Accounting records on that date indicated the following: Merchandise inventory, January 1, 2018 $ 1,900,000 Purchases to date 5,800,000 Freight-in 400,000 Sales to date 8,200,000 The gross profit ratio has averaged 20% of sales for the past four years. Required: Use the gross profit method to estimate the cost of the inventory destroyed in the fire.

Asupermarket has been experiencing long lines during peak periods of the day. the problem is noticeably worse on certain days of the week, and the peak periods are sometimes different according to the day of the week. there are usually enough workers on the job to open all cash registers. the problem is knowing when to call some of the workers stocking shelves up to the front to work the checkout counters. how might decision models the supermarket? what data would be needed to develop these models?