Sodresh sundials manufactures large stone sundials. it costs $14.22 to produce a sundial, which can then be sold for $36.75. the following table shows sodresh sundials’s non-production overhead costs and sundials sold over a period of one year.

month

overhead ($)

sold
jan.

9,176

290
feb.

7,510

329
mar.

7,952

309
apr.

7,071

288
may

8,942

303
jun.

9,249

329
jul.

7,813

400
aug.

6,821

350
sep.

9,382

382
oct.

8,117

329
nov.

9,018

425
dec.

6,503

424

in how many months did sodresh sundials either break even or turn a profit?
a.

eleven
b.

six
c.

four
d.

one

Symantec corp., located in cupertino, california, is one of the world's largest producers of security and systems management software. the company's consolidated balance sheets for the 2009 and 2008 fiscal years included the following ($ in thousands): current assets: receivables, less allowances of $21,766 in 2009 and $24,089 in 2008 $ 838,010 $ 758,700 a disclosure note accompanying the financial statements reported the following ($ in thousands): year ended 2009 2008 (in thousands) trade accounts receivable, net: receivables $ 859,776 $ 782,789 less: allowance for doubtful accounts (8,938) (8,990) less: reserve for product returns (12,828) (15,099) trade accounts receivable, net: $ 838,010 $ 758,700 assume that the company reported bad debt expense in 2009 of $2,000 and had products returned for credit totaling $3,230 (sales price). net sales for 2009 were $6,174,800 (all numbers in thousands).required: what is the amount of accounts receivable due from customers at the end of 2009 and 2008? what amount of accounts receivable did symentec write off during 2009? what is the amount of symentec’s gross sales for the 2009 fiscal year? assuming that all sales are made on a credit basis, what is the amount of cash symentec collected from customers during the 2009 fiscal year?