5. What are some ways that businesses can overcome the "choice overload
problem"?

P8-4b dropping unfavorable division based on the following analysis of last year's operations of groves, inc., a financial vice president of the company believes that the firm's total net income could be increased by $160,000 if its design division were discontinued. (amounts are given in the thousands of dollars.) required provide answers for each of the following independent situations: a. assuming that total fixed costs and expenses would not be affected by discontinuing the design division, prepare an analysis showing why you agree or disagree with the vice president. b. assume that the discontinuance of the design division will enable the company to avoid 30% of the fixed portion of cost of services and 40% of the fixed operating expenses allocated to the design division. calculate the resulting effect on net income. c. assume that in addition to the cost avoidance in requirement (b), the capacity released by discontinuance of the design division can be used to provide 6,000 new services that would have a variable cost per service of $60 and would require additional fixed costs totaling $68,000. at what unit price must the new service be sold if groves is to increase its total net income by $180,000?

Discuss the positive and negative effects of the north american free trade agreement on the united states. support your conclusions with examples and evidence from the lesson.

Aiden is 19 years old, unmarried, and was a first-year full-time student working on a degree in accounting during 2018. he has never had a felony drug conviction. aiden did not provide more than half of his own support and can be claimed as a dependent by his mother. aiden’s income was $4,000 in wages working as a part-time cook at a fast food restaurant. aiden received form 1098-t indicating $5,000 for payments received for qualified tuition and related expenses in box 1. he received $8,500 in scholarships and grants, which was reported in box 5. aiden’s scholarship was used to pay for room and board, tuition, and books. the cost of his books was $845. aiden is a u.s. citizen with a valid social security number. 1. which of the following statements is true? a. the portion of the scholarship that was not used for qualified educational expenses must be included in aiden's income. b. the amount spent on books is not a qualified education expense. c. the taxable portion of the scholarship must be reported on aiden's mother’s return. d. none of aiden's scholarship is taxable.