The accounting records of Ashby Fur Traders include these accounts:

$$\begin{matrix} \text{Cash} & \quad & \text{Accounts Receivable} & \quad & \text{Inventory}\\ \text{Aug 1 80,000} & \quad & \text{Aug 1 8,000} & \quad & \text{Aug 1 6,000}\\ \text{Receipts 418,000} & \text{Payments 450,000} & \text{Receipts 522,000 } & \text{Collections 418,000} & \text{Purchases 433,000} & \text{Cost of Sales 333,000}\\ \text{Aug 31 48,000} & \quad & \text{Aug 31 112,000} & \quad & \text{Aug 31 106,000}\\ \text{Equipment} & \quad & \text{Accumulated Deprec.—Equipment} & \text{Accounts Payable}\\ \text{Aug 1 181,000} & \quad & \quad & \text{Aug 1 45,000} & \quad & \text{Aug 15,000}\\ \text{Acquisition 4,000} & \quad & \quad & \text{Depreciation 5,000} & \text{Payments 334,000} & \text{Purchases 433,000}\\ \text{Aug 31 185,000} & \quad & \quad & \text{Aug 31 50,000} & \quad & \text{Aug 31 114,000}\\ \text{Accrued Liabilities } & \quad & \text{Retained Earnings}\\ \quad & \text{Aug 1 14,000} & \text{Quarterly} & \text{Aug 1 63,000}\\ \text{Payments 35,000} & \text{Receipts 30,000} & \text{Dividend 20,000} & \text{Net Income 25,000}\\ \quad & \text{Aug 31 9,000} & \quad & \text{Aug 31 68,000}\\ \end{matrix}$$

Compute Ashby’s net cash provided by (used for) operating activities during August. Use the indirect method. Do you see any potential problems in Ashby’s cash flows from operations? How can you tell?

Female Atlantic right whales can reproduce at ten years of age and live more than fifty years. They can produce a calf every three to five years. Assuming that a right whale begins to reproduce at age ten, produces a calf every four years, and gives birth to its last calf at age fifty, how many whales will this female produce in her lifetime?

Summarize the short-term effects of alcohol on the body.

Consider the different ways the early peoples of the Americas had to adapt to their environment to survive. Pick one civilizations. Write about the different environments in which they lived and describe how they adapted to these environments to survive.

Use the table discussed earlier to find the monthly checking-account service charge for the following accounts.

Gifts Galore, $44$ checks, average balance $\$2398$

Write the value of |a| when a is a. 3.25 b. -6.18 c. 0

Write a short article aimed at middle school students describing the causes and effects of overweight and obesity problems among teens.

Let P be the real vector space of polynomials $p(x)=a_{0}+a_{1}+\cdots+a_{n} x^{n}$ of degree at most n, and let D denote the derivative $\frac{d}{d x} ,$ considered as a linear operator on P. (a) Prove that D is a nilpotent operator, meaning that $D^{k}=0$ for sufficiently large k. (b) Find the matrix of D with respect to a convenient basis. (c) Determine all D-invariant subspaces of P.

Covert from cylindrical coordinate to (a.) rectangular (b.) spherical

$$\left(2, \frac{\pi}{4}, \pi\right)$$

What vegetation type is found in the most central part of the United States?

If $z=\operatorname{cis} \theta,$ find the modulus and argument of: a. $(2 z)^{-1}$ b. 1 – z.

Use the table discussed earlier to find the monthly checking-account service charge for the following accounts.

Tina's Italian Grocery, $62$ checks, average balance $\$1834$.

Write each matrix equation as a linear system of equations.

$$\left[ \begin{array} { r r r } { 2 } & { 3 } & { 1 } \\ { 5 } & { 7 } & { - 1 } \\ { 4 } & { 3 } & { 0 } \end{array} \right] \left[ \begin{array} { l } { x _ { 1 } } \\ { x _ { 2 } } \\ { x _ { 3 } } \end{array} \right] = \left[ \begin{array} { r } { - 1 } \\ { 5 } \\ { 5 } \end{array} \right]$$

Solve using artificial variables. Minimize $w=15y_{1}+12y_{2}+18y_{3}$ subject to

$$\begin{array}{l} y_{1}+2y_{2}+ 3y_{3}\leq 12\\ 3y_{1}+y_{2}+3y_{3}\geq 18\\ y_{1}+y_{2}+y_{3}=10 \end{array}$$

with $y_{1}\geq 0,\ y_{2}\geq 0,\ y_{3}\geq 0$