Answer:
Taking a physical count of inventory  :
d.should be done near year-end.
Explanation:
Taking physical inventory is necessary for any business because it allows taking pertinent actions to start the next year, also for tracking the inventory as every item should be counted. It helps to know what happens with every article, for example, if there are any losses (damaged goods, stolen or miscounted).
It is helpful to detect items that are about to expire or become obsolete so the company can sell them, and don’t lose money, by using a marketing strategy and then renew/supply the store.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
The local government issues a limited number of restaurant licenses every year. (A)
Explanation:
Bertha claims that the burgers sold by Luke's Express Diner are priced a bit too high, because they enjoy monopoly power in the town; hence with the local government issuance of a limited number of restaurant licenses every year, this will break the monopoly that Luke's Express Dinner enjoy, thus weakening Bertha's arguments.
 
        
             
        
        
        
It has significantly decreased
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Answer:
$58.729
Explanation:
To find the answer, we need to use the present value of an annuity formula.
The formula is:
P = X [(1 - (1 + i)^-n) / i ]
Where X is the annual instalment
P is the present value of the investment (500,000 in this case)(
i is the interest rate (10% in this case)
and n is the number of periods (20 years in this case)
We now plug the amounts into the formula:
500,000 = X [ (1 - (1 + 0.10)^-20) / 0.10 ]
500,000 = X [8.51356]
500,000 / 8.51356 = X
58,729 = X
So the value of the equal annual instalment will be $58.729
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer: b. 34.15 or higher
Explanation:
Short sales refer to the sale of borrowed stocks in anticipation that the stock price of the underlying stock will fall. This will then enable you to make a profit by buying the cheaper shares and giving it back to the entity you borrowed from thereby making a profit. 
With short sales, the price is usually upward trending so will normally increase from the last price. As the last price here was $34.15, that would be the likely minimum for the next sale. 
This means that the next sale will either be at a price of $34.15 or a price higher than that.