On january 2, 2010, howdy doody corporation purchased 12% of ranger corporation's common stock for $50,000 and classified the investment as available for sale. ranger's net income for the years ended december 31, 2010 and 2011, were $10,000 and $50,000, respectively. during 2011, ranger declared and paid a dividend of $60,000. there were no dividends in 2010. on december 31, 2010, the fair value of the ranger stock owned by howdy doody had increased to $70,000. how much should howdy doody show in the 2011 income statement as income from this investment?

Policymakers are provided data about the private and social benefits of a good being sold in the market. quantity private mb ($) social mb ($) 6 6 9 7 4 7 8 2 5 9 0 3 what is the size of the externality? if the externality is positive, enter a positive number. if negative, make it a negative number. $ given this data, policymakers must decide whether to address the associated externality with a subsidy or a tax. as their economic consultant, which of the two policy tools would you recommend? a subsidy a tax

You are the owner of a local honda dealership. unlike other dealerships in the area, you take pride in your “no haggle” sales policy. last year, your dealership earned record profits of $1.5 million. however, according to the local chamber of commerce, your earnings were 10 percent less than either of your competitors. in your market, the price elasticity of demand for midsized honda automobiles is 4.5. in each of the last five years, your dealership has sold more midsized automobiles than any other honda dealership in the nation. this entitled your dealership to an additional 30 percent off the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (msrp) in each year. taking this into account, your marginal cost of a midsized automobile is $11,000. what price should you charge for a midsized automobile if you expect to maintain your record sales?

Mandela manufacturing thinks that the best activity base for its manufacturing overhead is machine hours. the estimate of annual overhead costs is $540,000. the company used 1,000 hours of processing for job a15 during the period and incurred actual overhead costs of $580,000. the budgeted machine hours for the year totaled 20,000. what amount of manufacturing overhead should be applied to job a15? $29,000. $540. $580. $27,000.