1. Evaluate:- a. 6a - 5b such that: a=3, b=-4 Case study 1: After numerous campus interviews, Travis Chase, a senior at Great Northern College, received two office interview invitations from the Baltimore offices of two large firms. Both firms offered to cover his out of pocket expenses travel, hotel, and meals). He scheduled the interviews for both firms on the same day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. At the conclusion of each interview, he submitted to both firms his total out of pocket expenses for the trip to Baltimore: mileage: S 112, hotel S 130, meals S 36, and parking and tolls S 18, for a total of $ 296. He believes this approach is appropriate. If he had made two trips, his cost would have been two times $ 296. He is also certain that neither firm knew he had visited the other on that same trip. Within 10 days, Travis received two checks in the mail, each in the amount of $ 296. a) Who are the stakeholders (affected parties) in this situation? b) What are the ethical issues in this case? c) What would you do in this situation? Case study Two Ellynn Kole is the assistant chief accountant at Doman Company, a manufacturer of computer chips and cellular phones. The company presently has total assets of $20 million. It is the end of the first quarter. Ellynn is hurriedly trying to prepare a trial balance so that quarterly financial statements can be prepared and released to management and the regulatory agencies. The total credits on the trial balance exceed the debits by $ 1.000. In order to meet the 4 p.m deadline, Ellynn decided to force the debits and credits into balance by adding the amount of the difference to the Equipment account. She chooses Equipment because it is one of the larger account balances; percentage wise, it will be the least misstated. Ellynn "plugs the difference! She believes that the difference will not affect anyone's decisions. She wishes that she had another few days to find the error but realizes that the financial statements are already late. a) Who are the stakeholders in this situation? b) What are the ethical issues involved in this case? c) What are Ellynn's alternatives