Aaron and kim form a partnership by combining the assets of their separate businesses. aaron contributes accounts receivable with a face amount of $50,000 and equipment with a cost of $180,000 and accumulated depreciation of $100,000. the partners agree that the equipment is to be priced at $68,000, that $3,500 of the accounts receivable are completely worthless and are not to be accepted by the partnership, and that $2,000 is a reasonable allowance for the uncollectibility of the remaining accounts receivable. kim contributes cash of $21,000 and merchandise inventory of $44,500. the partners agree that the merchandise inventory is to be priced at $48,000. journalize the entries to record in the partnership accounts (a) aaron’s investment and (b) kim’s investment.

6. why the aggregate supply curve slopes upward in the short run in the short run, the quantity of output that firms supply can deviate from the natural level of output if the actual price level in the economy deviates from the expected price level. several theories explain how this might happen. for example, the misperceptions theory asserts that changes in the price level can temporarily mislead firms about what is happening to their output prices. consider a soybean farmer who expects a price level of 100 in the coming year. if the actual price level turns out to be 90, soybean prices will , and if the farmer mistakenly assumes that the price of soybeans declined relative to other prices of goods and services, she will respond by the quantity of soybeans supplied. if other producers in this economy mistake changes in the price level for changes in their relative prices, the unexpected decrease in the price level causes the quantity of output supplied to the natural level of output in the short run.