West End School District Is Purchasing 50 New Computers to Be

question 20

Multiple Choice

West End school district is purchasing 50 new computers to be distributed among the five schools in the district. The computers will be apportioned based on the school population of each school as Given in the table below. $\begin{array}{l|ccccc}\text { School } & \mathrm{a} & \mathrm{b} & \mathrm{c} & \mathrm{d} & \mathrm{e} \\\hline \text { Population } & 210 & 165 & 160 & 175 & 190\end{array}$

Use the Adams Method to apportion the computers.

• A)
• \(\begin{array}{l|cccccc}
• \text { School } & \text { a } & \text { b } & \text { c } & \text { d } & \text { e } \\
• \hline \text { Number of Computers } & 11 & 10 & 9 & 10 & 10
• \end{array}\)
• B)
• \(\begin{array}{l|ccccc}
• \text { School } & \text { a } & \text { b } & \text { c } & \text { d } & \text { e } \\
• \hline \text { Number of Computers } & 11 & 9 & 10 & 10 & 10
• \end{array}\)
• C)
• \(\begin{array}{l|cccccc}
• \text { School } & \text { a } & \text { b } & \text { c } & \text { d } & \text { e } \\
• \hline \text { Number of Computers } & 12 & 9 & 9 & 10 & 10
• \end{array}\)
• D)
• \(\begin{array}{l|ccccc}
• \text { School } & \text { a } & \text { b } & \text { c } & \text { d } & \text { e } \\
• \hline \text { Number of Computers } & 12 & 9 & 10 & 10 & 9
• \end{array}\)

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Evaluate the conditions under which retained earnings should be considered the first source of capital.

Identify factors affecting the cost of capital and the decision to use debt or equity financing.

Understand the economic policies that contributed to the recovery from the Great Depression.

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