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3 years ago

How do future expectations about the price of a good affect the present supply?

Business

2 answers:

bixtya [17]3 years ago

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Answer:

The Future price of a good is inversely proportional to the present supply

Explanation:

The inverse proportionality of the future price of a good to its present supply means that the higher the future price of the good is expected the lower the present supply in the market , while the lower the future price of the good is expected to be the higher the present supply of the good,

if there are market speculations about a significant change in market price of a particular commodity in the market. the suppliers will tend to create an artificial scarcity of the good/commodity in the market by hoarding that is if the speculations are that the price/market value of the commodity will Riser higher than the current price. but if the prices will fall in the nearest future suppliers will flood the market with excess products.

stiks02 [169]3 years ago

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Future expectations about price, can be a demand and supply shifter.

If producers know that prices will go up in the near future, they will be less likely to produce more now. They will want to sell when prices are higher. The reverse is true, if consumers know that prices will go down in the future they will be less likely to purchase now.

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Lesechka [4]

Answer:

Step 1: Identify cost activities and their cost drivers

- Material Handling ⇒ Labor hours

- Automated processing ⇒ Machine hours

- Plastic parts insertion ⇒ No. of parts

- Inspection ⇒ Labor hours

- Packaging ⇒ Orders shipped

Step 2: Assign overhead costs to activities identified

- Material Handling ⇒ $55,000

- Automated processing ⇒ $40,000

- Plastic parts insertion ⇒ $6,000

- Inspection ⇒ $29,000

- Packaging ⇒ $31,000

Step 3: Calculate Total Estimated Cost Driver Activity(for large cage only)

- Material Handling ⇒ 2 per unit × 350 = 700 labor hours

- Automated processing ⇒ 4 per unit ×350 = 1400 machine hours

- Plastic parts insertion ⇒ 8 per unit × 350 = 2800 no. of parts

- Inspection ⇒ 2 per unit × 350 = 700 labor hours

- Packaging ⇒ 180 orders shipped

Step 4: Calculate overhead rates

- Material Handling ⇒ $55,000 ÷ 700 = $79 per labor hour

- Automated processing ⇒ $40,000 ÷ 1400 =$28 per machine hour

- Plastic parts insertion ⇒ $6,000÷ 2800 = $2 per part

- Inspection ⇒ $29,000÷ 700= $42 per labor hour

- Packaging ⇒ $31,000 ÷ 180=$172 per order shipped

Step 5: Apply overheads to product

Since the the amount of activity consumed by each product is no given , it is unable to calculate per unit cost of overhead.

If it were given, the total activity consumed by the product would be multiplied by their respective activity rates calculated above, and then those amounts would be added together to get total overhead consumed by Large cage. Lastly, that total overhead will be divided by no. of units produced to get per unit overhead cost.

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3 years ago

You are a U.S. investor who purchased British securities for 2,340 pounds one year ago when the British pound cost $1.52. No div

Olin [163]

Answer:

Total Return = 10.45%

Explanation:

To calculate the return, we must first determine the appreciation in the value of the securities in terms of the US dollar.

The initial investment in terms of US dollar was of,

Initial Investment in USD = Investment in Pounds * Exchange rate

Initial Investment in USD = 2340 * 1.52

Initial Investment in USD = $3556.8

The current value of the investment in terms of USD is,

Current value of investment in USD = 2440 * 1.61

Current value of investment in USD = $3928.4

The formula to calculate total return is,

Total Return = (Current Value - Initial Value) / Initial Value

So, the total return based on US dollars was:

Total return = (3928.4 - 3556.8) / 3556.8

Total Return = 0.10447 or 10.447% rounded off to 10.45%

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3 years ago

If marijuana were legalized, it is likely that there would be an increase in the demand for marijuana. If demand for marijuana i

Mkey [24]

Answer:

C. Higher prices but lower total revenue from marijuana sales.

Explanation:

The above scenario totally explains inelastic demand. Inelastic demand is when the buyer’s demand does not change as much as the price changes. When price increases by 20% and demand decreases by only 1%, demand is said to be inelastic.

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g On January 2, 2010, Howdy Doody Corporation purchased 12% of Ranger Corporation's common stock for $50,000 and classified the

Aliun [14]

Answer:

$7,200

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The calculation of income that should be presented in the income statement is shown below:-

Dividend Received = Given percentage × Paid dividend

= 12% × $60,000

= $7,200

Therefore for computing the income that should be presented in the income statement we simply applied the above formula.

Therefore the above is the answer

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Mila [183]

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If Parcticia and Naoimi does it together,let us suppose in x number of hours.

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The Least common multiple(LCM) of 4 and 6 = 12

12*(1/4)*x + 12*(1/6)*x = 12*1

Therefore, solving the equation we get,

3x + 2x = 12

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x = 12/5

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