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You Are Employed as a Commission-Based Sales Clerk for a Cosmetics

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You are employed as a commission-based sales clerk for a cosmetics retail store. You know that, on average, exactly 50 percent of the customers that enter your store will make at least one purchase. Thus far this morning, you have waited on eight customers without making a single sale. You are convinced that the next customer you wait on will buy something. This belief is known as:

Calculate operating cash flows incorporating tax effects, depreciation, and changes in net working capital.

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