Gunk Co. reported an asset retirement obligation on its 2019 financial statements. The present value of the liability for the asset retirement obligation at the end of 2019 was $393. The company's discount rate is 8%. What is the amount of accretion expense Gunk will record in 2020 related to the asset retirement obligation

In the 1970s, kmart used blue light specials to encourage customers to flock to a particular department having a temporary sale. a spinning blue light activated for approximately 30 seconds, and then an in-store announcement informed shoppers of the special savings in the specific department. over time, loyal kmart shoppers learned to flock to the department with the spinning blue light before any announcement of special savings occurred. if kmart was employing classical conditioning techniques, what role did the spinning blue light play?