Using the corporation$$s annual financial statements and the Notes to the Financial Statements to answer the following questions related to Apple Inc For the fiscal year ended September $24,2022$ and include the page number in parentheses $(*)$ from where you located the answer in the Annual Report.

a$)$ How does the company describe its primary business?

b$)$ How many stores are located in the United States?

c$)$ List their most popular product lines

d$.)$ Please quote from Apple Inc. Notes to the Financial Statements the paragraph about Allowance for Bad Debts$/$Doubtful Accounts$/$or Legal and Other Contingencies

e$)$ What method of depreciation is used by the company?

f$)$ What inventory method is used to state the value of the company's inventory?

g$)$ What is the largest source of cash from financing activities?

h$)$ What is the largest use of cash from investing activities?

i$)$ How many shares are they authorized to sell?

j$)$ How many shares are issued?

k$)$ What major lawsuits are facing the company?

l$)$ What Accounting firm serves as the company's Independent Auditor?