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3 years ago

With respect to the consumer price index, the substitution bias arises because:

Business

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natita [175]3 years ago

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Answer:

a. prices of goods and services do not change in the same proportion from year to year.

Explanation:

Substitution bias describes a possible bias in economic index numbers if they do not incorporate data on consumer expenditures switching from relatively more expensive products to cheaper ones as prices changed.

Substitution bias occurs when prices of items change relatively to one another. It considers how consumer expenditures are reflected in a consumer price index. Consumers will tend to buy more of the good whose price declined, and less of the now relatively more expensive good.

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3 years ago

The following is the sales budget for Coore, Inc., for the first quarter of 2019. January February March Sales budget $168,000 $

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a. Sales for November = $192,666.67

b. Sales for December = $390,500

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January = $216,200

February = $213,075

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Explanation:

First consider the following information:

Credit sales are collected as follows:

65% in the month of the sale

20% in the month after the sale

15% in the second month after the sale

a. To calculate sales for November, note that the account receivable balance at the end of the previous quarter is from the sales of the previous two months (November and December), of these sales, we are told that $78,100 is from December sales, therefore to calculate the amount from November sales = 107,000 - 78,100 = $28,900.

Next, we are told that the 15% of sales are collected is the second month following sales, and January is the second month following the November sales from the previous quarter, therefore, the $28,900 from the previous November sales is 15% of the original sales, and the original sale is calculated thus:

Let sale for November be N

15% of N = 28,900

15/100 × N = 28,900

0.15N = 28,900

∴ N = 28,900 ÷ 0.15 = $192,666.67 ( to 2 decimal places)

b. The $78,100 which was uncollected December sales is 20% of the original sales, since December is the one month away from the beginning of the new quarter, and 20% of sales is collected in the month following sales. Therefore December sales is calculated as follows:

Let December sales be D

20% of D = 78,100

0.20 × D = 78,100

∴ D = 78,100 ÷ 0.20 = $390,500

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from previous quarter = $107,000

from January's sales = 65% of January sales

= 0.65 × 168,000 = 109,200

Total cash collection in January = $216,200

ii. cash collections in February:

From December sales = 15% of December sales ( Fabruary is 2 months following December sales)

= 0.15 × 390,500 = $58,575

from January's sales = 20% of January sales (February is the month following January's sales)

= 0.20 × 168,000 = $33,600

from February's sale = 65% of February's sales

= 0.65 × 186,000 = $120,900

Total cash collections in February = 58,575 + 33,600 + 120,900 = $213,075

iii. Cash collections in March

From January's sale = 15% of January's sales

= 0.15 × 168,000 = $25,200

from February's sale = 20% of February's sale

= 0.20 × 186,000 = $37,200

From March's sale = 65% of March's sale

= 0.65 × 199,000 = $129,350

∴ Total cash collections for March = 25,200 + 37,200 + 129,350 = $191,750

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