Summit Bicycles manufactures and sells e-bikes. At the begin…

Summit Bicycles manufactures and sells e-bikes. At the beginning of the year, inventory on hand was valued at $60,000. Purchases during the year amounted to $240,000, and transportation charges related to these purchases added $5,000. The company returned $10,000 of goods to suppliers. At year-end, the company’s physical count showed $70,000 of ending inventory at cost. Using the periodic system, what is Summit’s cost of goods sold for the year?

The phylogenetic tree for the eukaryotic supergroups Excavat…

The phylogenetic tree for the eukaryotic supergroups Excavata, SAR, Archaeplastida, and Unikonta shows them diverging from a common ancestor. However, scientists note that the root of this tree is unknown. What does this uncertainty reveal about our understanding of eukaryotic evolution?