<u>Answer:</u> The rate of interest is 7.18 %
<u>Explanation:</u>
To calculate the rate of interest, we use the equation used for the interest compounded monthly follows:

A = Amount after time period 'T' = $100,000
P = Principal amount = $50,000
R = rate of interest = ?
n = Number of times interest applied per time period = 1 (annually)
T = time period = 10 years
Putting values in above equation, we get:

Calculating the rate of interest in percentage:

Hence, the rate of interest is 7.18 %
Answer:
c) a benefit corporation.
Explanation:
A benefits corporation is the corporation that creates a positive impact on the society and its well being. The directors and the officers of this corporation would operate the business with the similar authority and behavior as done in the traditional corporation but the decision impact affect not only the shareholders but also the employees, customers etc
So as per the given situation, the correct option is c.
<span>When a manager leaves his or her job to accept a job at another organization, the organization left behind is experiencing 'attrition'. Attrition means the reduction in employees in a company due to retirement and resignation. It may cause loss of employee talent and increased competition with rival companies.</span>
Answer:
a. October 4th
b. November 15th 2019
c. November 14th 2019.
d. December 13th, 2019 (Note: This is assumed based on the explanation below as it is not specifically stated in the question).
Explanation:
a. What date is the declaration date?
The declaration date is the date the announcement to pay the next dividend is made by the board of directors of a company. In this case, the declaration date is October 4th, 2019.
b. What date is the holder of record date?
The holder of record date refers to the cut-off date set by a company to ascertain the eligible shareholders that will receive the next dividend payment. In this case, the holder of record date is November 15th 2019.
c. What date is the ex-dividend date?
The ex-dividend date refers to date that a seller of stock is still eligible to receive dividend despite that the stock has already been sold to a by him. This is because it is the person that hold the security on the ex dividend date that will receive the dividend payment not the holder on the payment date. Generally, ex-dividend date is usually one business day before the record date. In this case,he ex-dividend date is November 14th 2019.
d. What date is the payment date?
The payment date refers to the actual day that eligible shareholders are paid the declared dividend by the company. It is usually a few weeks or month after the ex-dividend date. If we assumed to be a month, the payment date would be December 13th, 2019.
Answer: Cost of Goods sold
Explanation:
Common size analysis refers to making all entries in the income statement, a percentage of sales for that year.
Current Year Prior Year
Sales 100% 100%
Cost of Goods sold 75.7% 46.5%
Gross Profit 24.3% 53.5%
Operating expenses 17.3% 35%
Net Income 7.0% 18.5%
<em>Looking at the percentages above, one can see that the COGS increased the most from the previous year by going from 46.5% to 75.7% representing an increase of 29.2%.</em>
<em>This had the most impact on Net income as it substantially reduced Gross profit. </em>