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Suppose a monopolist's costs and revenues are as follows: ATC = $50.00; MC = $35.00; MR = $45.00; P = $55.00. The firm should

bekas [8.4K]

Answer:

The firm should increase output and reduce price

Explanation:

For a monopolist, there can be one of the following three scenarios at a time point in time:

Scenario one, MR = MC: For a monopolist, profit is maximized at the point where marginal revenue (MR) is equal to to marginal cost (MC), i.e. where MR = MC.

Scenario two, MR < MC: But when the MR < MC, it indicates that the monopolist is currently producing a higher quantity of output and it is not maximizing profit. In order to maximize profit, the monopolist has to reduce output until MR = MC.

Scenario three , MR > MC: But when the MR > MC, it indicates that the monopolist is currently producing a lower quantity of output and it is not maximizing profit. In order to maximize profit, the monopolist has to increase output until MR = MC. Also, the monopolist has to reduce price in order to sell the increased quantity of output.

From the question, the monopolist falls into scenerio three as MR > MC, i.e. $45 > $35. Therefore, the monopolist should increase output until MR = MC and reduce price in order to maximize profit.

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3 years ago

Lake acquired a controlling interest in Boxwood several years ago. During the current fiscal period, the two companies individua

bixtya [17]

a) With Lake's 60% controlling interest in Boxwood, the total income tax expense reported on a consolidated income statement for this period is $99,023 ($471,540 x 21%).

b) With Lake's 60% controlling interest in Boxwood, the total amount of income taxes payable for the current year is $101,400 ($363,000 + $120,000) x 21%.

c) With Lake's 90% controlling interest in Boxwood, the amount of income tax expense to be reported on the consolidated income statement for the year is $97,820 ($465,810 x 21%).

<h3>What is controlling interest?</h3>

Controlling interest exists when a company or an individual owns more than 50% of the shareholdings of another company. This gives the investor shareholder a majority voting share to influence decisions of the subsidiary company.

<h3>Data and Calculations:</h3>

Lake Boxwood

Income reported $363,000 $120,000

Dividend paid 60,000 5,000

Dividend income 3,000 ($5,000 x 60%)

Increase in intra-entity gross profits = $19,100 ($41,500 - $22,400).

Excludable intra-entity gross profits = $11,460 ($19,100 x 60%).

Consolidated Income = $471,540 ($363,000 + $120,000 - $11,460)

Excludable intra-entity gross profits = $17,190 ($19,100 x 90%).

Consolidated Income = $465,810 ($363,000 + $120,000 - $17,190)

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Which of the following are established by ASC 280 as "enterprisewide disclosure" standards to provide more information about the

rusak2 [61]

Answer:

A. Both II and III

Explanation:

As the major customers information and the geographic areas information would be created by the ASC 280 as disclosure of enterprise wide standard that provide the information more related to the company risk. Also it is needed to the public entities to disclose the information with respect to the operating segments i.e. reportable in the finished financial statements set

Therefore the correct option is A.

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While working at his factory job, joe slipped on the wet floor. he went to the doctor where they told him he broke his ankle. wh

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Worker's Compensation, because the injury occurred by an employee in the course of performing their job.

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3 years ago

Coca-Cola acquired its bottlers and created a national vertically integrated business operation in 2010. After spending 12.3 bil

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Answer:

True

Explanation:

Coke tried to diversify into the bottling industry by acquiring their bottlers and in the process creating a vertically integrated business. However, 5 years later, they did find out how difficult it was and it led to a failed diversification effort when sold off their bottling operations. This was majorly due to the fact that the bottling business required too much capital investment and time. Capital investment and time that an already large enterprise like coca cola couldn't afford at that period. The initial aim was to have control over the whole production process, but soon after the diversification failed, they went back to producing just the concentrates.

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3 years ago

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