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Question 2 Pluto has $100 to spend and his preferences are represented by the quasi-linear utility function U (2,m) = 10x-1/2x^2+m where x is the amount of pizza he eats and m is the amount of money he spends on other stuff. (a) What is Pluto's demand curve for pizza? (b) How much consumer surplus does Pluto get when the price of pizza is $5? Illustrate the calculation of consumer surplus with a diagram. (b) What is Pluto's utility if the price of pizza is $5? (c) Suppose that Pluto is uanble to purchase pizza. What is his utility? What is the gain in utility when he has the opportunity to buy pizza at a price of $5?

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Answer 1
Answer:

Answer:

(a) see curve on attachment

(bi) consumer surplus= $4

(bii) see diagram on attachment

(biii) utility = 2

(ci) u(0,1) = 1

(c) utility gain = 1.6

Explanation:

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Answer:

NONE

Explanation:

The treasury stock sales increase additional paid-in capital treasury stock. It do not generate net income the stokc are part of equity transactions. They cannot generate a gain, the differnece in value betwene cost and reissuance of the shares will be adjusted against additional paid-in capital Treasu Stock as state before.

Explain what a literature review is.​

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It is a paper that presents the current knowledge including substantive findings.

During March, the production department of a process operations system completed and transferred to finished goods 17,000 units that were in process at the beginning of March and 150,000 units that were started and completed in March. March's beginning inventory units were 100% complete with respect to materials and 59% complete with respect to conversion. At the end of March, 34,000 additional units were in process in the production department and were 100% complete with respect to materials and 24% complete with respect to conversion. Compute the number of equivalent units with respect to both materials and conversion respectively for March using the weighted-average method.

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Answer:

a)201,000 units

b) 175,167 units

Explanation:

As per the data given in the question,

Details                               Materials                                 Conversion

                               Calculation      Units                 Calculation          Units

Units completed

and transferred (150,000+17,000)×100%   167,000    (150,000+17,000)×100%    167,000

Ending WIP      34,000×100%           34,000          34,000×24%        8,160

Total units      (167,000+34,000)    201000         (167,000+8,167)   175,167

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FICA - Social Security

FICA -Medicare

FUTA

SUTA

Prepare the journal entry to record Regis Company's January 8 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Prepare the journal entry to record Regis’s (employer) payroll taxes resulting from the January 8 payroll. Regis’s merit rating reduces its state unemployment tax rate to 3% of the first $7,000 paid each employee. The federal unemployment tax rate is 0.8%.

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Answer:

Explanation:

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Is cost minimization equivalent or identical the concept of product maximization. True of False. Explain

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Answer:

True

Explanation:

Given a certain production level, cost minimization is equal to product maximization. Cost minimization refers to the production level where average total cost per unit is lowest. On the other hand, production maximization refers to maximizing product output given certain restraints, e.g. amount of raw materials, number of labor hours, etc. Product maximization basically refers to the efficiency of production.

If someone can achieve product maximization and cost minimization, they should be maximizing profit.

The following information was available for Paul Company at December 31, 2020: beginning inventory $90,000; ending inventory $70,000; cost of goods sold $968,000; and sales $1,360,000. Paul’s inventory turnover in 2020 wasa21.5 days.b.26.4 days.c.30.2 days.d.33.8 days.

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Answer:

Option (c) is correct.

Explanation:

Given that,

Beginning inventory = $90,000;

Ending inventory = $70,000;

Cost of goods sold = $968,000

Sales = $1,360,000

Average inventor:

= (Beginning inventory + Ending inventory) ÷ 2

= ($90,000 + $70,000) ÷ 2

= $160,000 ÷ 2

= $80,000

Inventory turnover is the ratio of cost of goods sold and average inventory.

Paul’s inventory turnover in 2020:

= Cost of goods sold ÷ Average Inventory

= $968,000 ÷ $80,000

= 12.1 times

Days in inventory:

= 365 days ÷ Inventory turnover ratio

= 365 days ÷ 12.1

= 30.16 or 30.2 days
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