In a Real Estate Limited Partnership, the general partner refinances an existing $5,000,000 mortgage on a $10,000,000 property to the original amount of $8,000,000. The interest rate on both mortgages is the same. Given that information, which of the following statements are TRUE?
I Interest deductions to the limited partners will be increased
II Interest deductions to the limited partners will remain the same
III The partnership tax basis will be increased
IV The partnership tax basis will remain the same

A) I and III
B) I and IV
C) II and III
D) II and IV

Kahn company's static budget was based on sales volume of 12,000 units. its flexible budget was based on sales volume of 14,000 units. based on this information multiple choice the sales volume variance is expected to be unfavorable. the materials cost volume variance is expected to be favorable. the labor cost volume variance is expected to be unfavorable. none of the answers is correct.

2. the external environment (connect)choose whether each example belongs in the general, task, or internal environment. exampleenvironmenta worldwide recession task environment / general environment / internal environmentlocal mothers asking their community grocery store to carry no-salt cheerios-type cereal for their babies task environment / general environment / internal environmentchoose the phrase that best completes the following sentence. the relationship between the task environment and the general environment is best described as: a one-way system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, but changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment. an open system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, and changes in the general environment affect the task environment. a one-way system: changes in the general environment affect the task environment, but changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment. a closed system: changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment, and changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment.©bloomberg via getty imagesmanagement in the newsin april 2010, the explosion of british petroleum’s (bp) deepwater horizon oil drilling rig and the accompanying oil spill dramatically changed the external environment in which all oil companies operate. the explosion released more oil than any other accidental spill in history and had a huge impact on the waters and surrounding communities of the gulf coast. the conditions that led to the spill, the attempts to stop the spill, and the clean-up and aftermath of the spill prompted debates in the u. s. senate, concern on wall street, and attention from companies all over the world. match each oil spill event with a specific dimension of the general environment. eventgeneral environment dimensionbp stock prices falling 25% during the first month after the oil spill oil seeping into pelican nesting grounds, which will place the brown pelican back on the endangered species list people moving from louisiana to oklahoma to avoid the effects of the spill

The monthly demand equation for an electric utility company is estimated to be p equals 60 minus left parenthesis 10 superscript negative 5 baseline right parenthesis x, where p is measured in dollars and x is measured in thousands of killowatt-hours. the utility has fixed costs of $3 comma 000 comma 000 per month and variable costs of $32 per 1000 kilowatt-hours of electricity generated, so the cost function is upper c left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 32 x. (a) find the value of x and the corresponding price for 1000 kilowatt-hours that maximize the utility's profit. (b) suppose that the rising fuel costs increase the utility's variable costs from $32 to $38, so its new cost function is upper c 1 left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 38 x. should the utility pass all this increase of $6 per thousand kilowatt-hours on to the consumers?