Emir company purchased equipment that cost $110,000 cash on january 1, year 1. the equipment had an expected useful life of six years and an estimated salvage value of $8,000. assuming that emir depreciates its assets under the straight-line method, the amount of depreciation expense appearing on the year 4 income statement and the amount of accumulated depreciation appearing on the december 31, year 4, balance sheet would be:

depreciation expense accumulated depreciation
a. $ 17,000 $ 17,000
b. $ 17,000 $ 68,000
c. $ 68,000 $ 17,000
d. $ 17,000 $ 51,000
multiple choice

option a

option b

option c

option d

Upscale hotels in the united states recently cut their prices by 20 percent in an effort to bolster dwindling occupancy rates among business travelers. a survey performed by a major research organization indicated that businesses are wary of current economic conditions and are now resorting to electronic media, such as the internet and the telephone, to transact business. assume a company's budget permits it to spend $5,000 per month on either business travel or electronic media to transact business. graphically illustrate how a 20 percent decline in the price of business travel would impact this company's budget set if the price of business travel was initially $1,000 per trip and the price of electronic media was $500 per hour. suppose that, after the price of business travel drops, the company issues a report indicating that its marginal rate of substitution between electronic media and business travel is 1. is the company allocating resources efficiently? explain.

Bond x is noncallable and has 20 years to maturity, a 7% annual coupon, and a $1,000 par value. your required return on bond x is 10%; if you buy it, you plan to hold it for 5 years. you (and the market) have expectations that in 5 years, the yield to maturity on a 15-year bond with similar risk will be 9.5%. how much should you be willing to pay for bond x today? (hint: you will need to know how much the bond will be worth at the end of 5 years.) do not round intermediate calculations. round your answer to the nearest cent.

Explain the relationship between consumers and producers in economic growth and activity