Answer:
When ATC curve is decreasing, we know that the MC curve is
below the ATC curve, and when the ATC curve is increasing, we know that MC is above the ATC curve
Explanation:
ATC refers to average total cost and MC refers to marginal cost, these both curve derive from total cost when MC is below ATC curve it shows that MC is less than ATC at that point ATC is falling.
Likewise, when MC is above ATC curve it shows MC is grater than ATC curve and at that point ATC is rising.
furthermore, when MC is equal to ATC at that point ATC is at minimum point.
Answer:
Natural:
b.A diamond company that owns nearly all of the world's diamond mines.
d.A soda company that spends over $3 billion on advertising every year.
e.A waste-treatment plant that cost a lot to build even though it costs only two cents to treat each gallon of waste.
Government
a.A small-town bar that is the only establishment in the county licensed to serve liquor.
c. A pharmaceutical company receives a patent for a new cancer-fighting drug.
Explanation:
Government barriers are licenses or patents that prevent future firms from entering, natural is everything else.
Answer:
(a) Operating activity
(b) Financing activity
(c) Operating activity
(d) Investing activity
Explanation:
Basically there are three types of activities:
1. Operating activities: It includes those transactions which affect the working capital, and it records transactions of cash receipts and cash payments.
2. Investing activities: It records those activities which include purchase and sale of the fixed assets
3. Financing activities: It records those activities which affect the long term liability and shareholder equity balance.
So,
(a) Increase in accounts receivable come under the operating activities, and this is to be in a negative amount
(b) Issue of preference shares comes under financing activity, and this is added while computing the financing activities
(c) The depreciation expenses are added in the net income whereas the bond premium amortization is to be deducted from the net income. These both items have come under operating activities
(d) An increase in land value comes under the investing activity.
Answer:
Evan's business has no credit history.
Explanation:
As Evan has just created the company, it has no record about its ability to pay debt which is important for a bank to give a loan and it will not be willing to approve it if the company has no credit history that shows that it can make the payments. Because of that, it will require Evan to assume personal liability in order to have a guarantee that the loan would be paid back.
