A manager of the Main Street Bank had four decisions to make in her job one day. Which one of these decisions was likely to have required her to make use of her knowledge of financial accounting?

1. she granted a $300,000 loan to one company, but not another.

2. she decided on the rate of interest that would be paid to customers on a new type of savings accounts.

3. she hired an advertising consultant to produce a television commercial for the bank.

4. she gave one of the tellers who works at the bank a pay raise.