Answer: Jimmy's Peanut Farm has to decrease its prices by 2.5% in order to achieve a 1% increase in the quantity of peanuts it sells.
Jimmy's Peanut Farm can increase the quantity sold by 1% only when the demand for peanuts increases. Demand for peanuts will increase only when the price of peanuts decrease. The Price Elasticity of Demand measures the responsiveness of demand to a percentage change in price.
The formula for Price Elasticity of Demand (PED) is given by the formula:
We have:
Percentage increase in quantity 1% or 0.01
Price Elasticity of Demand (PED) 0.40
Re-arranging the PED formula above we get,
Substituting the values in the equation above we get,
Answer:
How much may Adrian deduct?
This depends on whether the museum is private or not. If the museum belongs to a public charity or a university, then Adrian can deduct full fair market value = $35,000. Since Adrian's AGI is $80,000, she could donate up to $40,000 (half her AGI).
But if the museum is a private organization, then Adrian can deduct only her basis in the vase = $15,000
How would your answer to Part a change if, instead of displaying the vase, the museum sold the vase to an antique dealer?
Once you donate artwork, unless you strict prohibit the museum from selling it, then they can sell it and you cannot do anything about it. Some donors specific certain terms for their donations, e.g. artwork cannot be sold and it must be exhibited at least a certain amount of time, in certain places, etc. But if Adrian didn't include any clause on her donation, then whatever happens to the vase is up to the museum.
Currently, museums are less likely to accept restricted donations, unless of course the artwork is worth it.
I think the answer would be either A or D
Answer:
b)less than $500,000 today, but a positive amount.
Explanation:
By the virtue of the concepts of compounding and discounting, we understand that $1 today is worth more that $1 in the future.
Where Pv = Present value
Fv = Future value
r = discount rate
t = time
Fv = Pv ( 1 + r)^t
As such If a firm can earn a profit stream of $50,000 per year for 10 years, that profit stream is worth less than $500,000 today, but a positive amount.
Answer:
Passive activity
Explanation:
Passive activities are those kind of activities which involve the business or the trade activities in which the person does not participate materially. And when the person participate materially in the activity, the person is involved in the operations of the company on a continuous, substantial as well as regular basis.
So, in this case, the taxpayer does not participate materially in the activities of the business and the taxpayer is the partial owner, any loss which flows through to the taxpayer will subject to the passive activity rules of loss.
