Kim Corporation, a calendar year taxpayer, operates manufacturing facilities in State A and State B. A summary of Kim's property holdings are as follows: Beginning of Year State A State B Total Inventory $300,000 $200,000 $500,000 Plant and equipment 2,500,000 1,500,000 4,000,000 Accumulated depreciation: plant and equipment (1,000,000) (600,000) (1,600,000) Land 600,000 1,000,000 1,600,000 Rental property* 900,000 300,000 1,200,000 Accumulated depreciation: rental property (200,000) (90,000) (290,000) End of Year State A StateDetermine Kim property sector for the two states

Self-interest achieve society’s economic goals because producers know which goods consumers want the most. as consumers and producers exercise their freedom to act in their own self-interest, markets will produce the desired goods at the lowest possible cost. consumers and producers both operate based on society’s economic goals. consumers know which goods can be produced at the lowest cost. there is a wide variety of desired goods and services in a market system because producers determine what to produce. consumers change their minds frequently. there is always a need to produce something new and improved. individual wants are diverse. what is produced is ultimately determined by consumers, because if the goods offered are not what consumers want, consumers will not buy them. producers, because they are driven by profits. producers, because they determine what to produce. consumers, because they participate in marketing surveys.

Why are the four primary service outputs of spatial convenience, lot size, waiting time, and product variety important to logistics management? provide examples of competing firms that differ in the level of each service output provided to customers?

In june 2009, at the trough of the great recession, the bureau of labor statistics announced that of all adult americans, 140,196,000 were employed, 14,729,000 were unemployed and 80,729,000 were not in the labor force. use this information to calculate: a. the adult population b. the labor force c. the labor-force participation rate d. the unemployment rate