George has been selling 5,000 T-shirts per month for $8.50. When he increased the price to $9.50, he sold only 4,000 T-shirts. Which of the following best approximates the price elasticity of demand? a. -1.8
b. -2
c. -2.6
d. -2.2

Suppose George's marginal cost is $5 per shirt. Before the price change, George's initial price markup over marginal cost was approximately . George's desired markup is . Since George's initial markup, or actual margin, was than his desired margin, raising the price was .

Yang corporation starts a foreign subsidiary on january 1 by investing 20,000 rand. yang owns all of the shares of the subsidiary’s common stock. the foreign subsidiary generates 40,000 rand of net income throughout the year and pays no dividends. the rand is the foreign subsidiary’s functional currency. currency exchange rates for 1 rand are as follows: lo 10-3 january $0.25 = 1 rand average for the 0.28 = 1 december 0.31 = 1 in preparing consolidated financial statements, what translation adjustment will yang report at the end of the current year? a. $400 positive (credit). b. $1,000 positive (credit). c. $1,400 positive (credit). d. $2,400 positive (credit). hoyle, joe ben; hoyle, joe ben. advanced accounting (page 513). mcgraw-hill higher education. kindle edition.