Triangle Company, acquired a machine that involved the following expenditures and related factors: Gross invoice price $228,000 Sales tax 8,500 Cash discount taken 3,420 Freight 4,050 Assembly of machine 5,400 Installation of machine 8,100 Assorted spare parts for future use 16,200 Tuning and adjusting machine before use 2,700 The initial accounting cost of the machine should be:

Juanita and sam attend a beach party and notice that the local beach appears to have a great deal more trash washed up on shore than it did when they were young. the water doesn't appear nearly as clear, and there seems to be less evidence of small water creatures living in the shallows. an afternoon at the local library convinces them that one major cause is the new factory nearby. after some discussion, they decide their next step should be identifying the cause of the changes identifying the problem picketing the guilty factory lobbying their elected representatives to complain about the problem talking to a local environmental group about solutions