Define Garbage collection – in Computer Programming. Discuss the advantages and pitfalls of “Garbage collection.” 

Your first post must be between 300 and 400 words.

Your second post must be between 50 and 75 words.

Post by Thursday noon – this gives your classmates time to respond to your posts.

P8-7A : The President of Giraldi Enterprises asks if you could indicate the impact certain transactions have on the following ratios:
Transaction Current Ratio (2:1) Accounts Receivable Turnover (10x) Average collection period (36.5 days)
1] Received %5,000 on cash sale.
The cost of goods sold was $2,600
2] Recorded bad debt expense of $500
using allowance method.
3] Wrote off a $100 account receivable as
uncollectible (uses allowance method.)
4] Recorded $2,500 sales on account.
The cost of the good sold was $1,500.
Instructions : Complete the table, indicating whether each transaction will increase (I), decrease (D), or have no effect (NE) on the specific ratios provided for Giraldi Enterprises.
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P8-8A
Kolton Copany closes its books on its July 31 year-end. The company does not make entries to accrue for interest except at its year-end. On June 30, the Notes Receivable account balance is $23,800. Notes Receivable include the following.
Date Maker Face Value Term Maturity Date Interest Rate
April 21 Booth Inc. $ 6,000 90 days July 20 8%
May 25 Mannling Co 7,800 60 days July 24 10%
June 30 ANF Corp 10,000 6 months December 31 6%
During July, the following transactions were completed.
July 5 Made sale of $4,500 on Kolton credit cards,
14 Made sale of $600 on Visa credit cards, The credit card service charge i2 3%
20 Received payment in full from Booth Inc. in the amount due.
24 Received payment in full from manning Co. on the amount due.
Instructions:
[1] Journalize the July transactions and the July 31 adjusting entry for accrued interest receivable. (Interest is computed using 360 days, omit cost of 
goods sold entries.
[2] Enter the balance at July 1 in the receivable accounts and post the entries to all of the receivable accounts. (Use T-accounts.)
[3] Show the balance sheet presentation of 

If the market supply function of a commodity is qs = 3,250 and (a) the market demand function is Qd = 4,750 ­ 50P and P is expressed in dollars, use excel to calculate what the 
equilibrium price is by calculating values of Qd and Qs for P from 25 to 50 in 1’s. (d) For 
(a) – (c), if TC=0.005Q^2­Q, what is the profit in each case?
Revised spreadsheet problem 1: Just answer (a) and 1(d). For (d), change “For (a) to (c)”  to “For (a) only.” Show all work and fill out spreadsheet.

ASSIGNMENT 03
EN130 English Composition
Directions: Be sure to make an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth
College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to
use correct English spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response
should be a minimum of one (1) single-spaced page to a maximum of two (2) pages in length; refer
to the “Assignment Format” page for specific format requirements.
Using what you learned in Lessons 1 and 2 as well as in this lesson, write a well-developed Causal
Analysis essay on one of the following topics:
What are the reasons for the popularity of a product, musical genre, or game?
Analyze the main causes of a major problem in our society.
What are the effects of mobile phones?
Choose a historical event that interests you and explore its causes
Positive/Negative effects of quitting a job
How your life would be different if you lived somewhere else
The consequences of advertisement on young people
Why you should/should not vote
Your essay, which must demonstrate your understanding of the causal
analysis essay, will be graded using the following scale:
Essay clearly demonstrates the concept of causal analysis
15 points
Clear thesis statement/purpose for essay
10 points
Paragraph development (includes thesis support, topic sentences,
and paragraph unity and coherence)
35 points
Organization of essay (including transitions)
20 points
Use of language (includes grammar and punctuation)
20 points
100 points
You may use outside sources if you document them using APA format, or you may write this essay
based entirely on your knowledge/experience.

The Final Paper will be the final assignment for this research course. This paper will be due on the last day of class in Week 5.  Your written assignment for this week is to do the following:

• Identify the phenomena you wish to concentrate on within the broad realm of health and human services.  Your references (should be a minimum of eight), will come from the databases and reference sources you covered earlier throughout course assignments.  You will need to create a description of the phenomena – the core issue or objective upon which you will focus.
• Identify the components, attributes, and different segments you will write about in your discussion.
• Create a detailed outline of your research report/paper.

This research report outline should be a minimum of 2-3 pages in length.  For assistance with writing your outline, visit the Ashford Writing Center or the Ashford University Library.    

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.