a. Consider an economy which produces and sells, among a host of other things, 100 million T‑shirts a year. The average T‑shirt begins life when a farmer plants seeds she put away last year, waters them, and harvests the cotton, then sells the cotton to a mill for $0.75, which sells the fabric to a T‑shirt factory for $1.50, which sells its T‑shirts to a wholesaler for $5, who sells it to Nordstrom for $10, which finally sells it to you for $17. Determine the impact of T‑shirts on annual GDP by calculating the value added of the entire production process. Value added: $ billion b. Now, calculate the amount spent on T‑shirts in a year if 100 million T‑shirts are sold, each for $17. How does this compare to the amount calculated through the value‑added method? Total spending: $ billion

At which stage would you introduce your product to the market at large? a. development stage b. market testing stage c. commercialization stage d. ideation stage

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A. determine the amount of retained earnings as of january 1, 2018. b. after looking at the amount of retained earnings, the chief executive officer (ceo) wants to pay a $1,000 cash dividend to the stockholders. can the company pay this dividend? c. as of january 1, 2018, what percentage of the assets were acquired from creditors? d. as of january 1, 2018, what percentage of the assets were acquired from investors? e. as of january 1, 2018, what percentage of the assets were acquired from retained earnings? f. create an accounting equation using percentages instead of dollar amounts on the right side of the equation. g. during 2018, carter company earned cash revenue of $1,800, paid cash expenses of $1,200, and paid a cash dividend of $500. (hint: it is to record these events under an accounting equation before preparing the statements.) g-1. prepare an income statement dated december 31, 2018. g-2. prepare a statement of changes in stockholders’ equity dated december 31, 2018. g-3. prepare a balance sheet dated december 31, 2018. g-4. prepare a statement of cash flows dated december 31, 2018. j. what is the balance in the revenue account on january 1, 2019?