The demand for automobiles is expected to decrease this year. Other things being equal, which of the following is the best forecast of the impact of this change in demand on the automobile market?

Select one:
a. An increase in the market equilibrium price and a decrease in the market equilibrium quantity of automobiles sold.

b. A decrease in the market equilibrium price and an increase in the market equilibrium quantity of automobiles sold.

c. A decrease in both the market equilibrium price and the market equilibrium quantity of autos sold.

d. An increase in both the market equilibrium price and market equilibrium quantity of autos sold.

You have $22,000 to invest in a stock portfolio. your choices are stock x with an expected return of 11 percent and stock y with an expected return of 13 percent. if your goal is to create a portfolio with an expected return of 11.74 percent, how much money will you invest in stock x? in stock y?

Nichols inc. manufactures remote controls. currently the company uses a plantminuswide rate for allocating manufacturing overhead. the plant manager is considering switchingminusover to abc costing system and has asked the accounting department to identify the primary production activities and their cost drivers which are as follows: activities cost driver allocation rate material handling number of parts $5 per part assembly labor hours $20 per hour inspection time at inspection station $10 per minute the current traditional cost method allocates overhead based on direct manufacturing labor hours using a rate of $20 per labor hour. what are the indirect manufacturing costs per remote control assuming an method is used and a batch of 10 remote controls are produced? the batch requires 100 parts, 5 direct manufacturing labor hours, and 3 minutes of inspection time.

If a seller prepaid the taxes of $4,400 and the closing is set for may 19, using the 12 month/30 day method what will the buyer owe the seller as prorated taxes?