Southern atlantic distributors began operations in january 2018 and purchased a delivery truck for $20,000. southern atlantic plans to use straight-line depreciation over a four-year expected useful life for financial reporting purposes. for tax purposes, the deduction is 45% of cost in 2018, 30% in 2019, and 25% in 2020. pretax accounting income for 2018 was $220,000, which includes interest revenue of $36,000 from municipal bonds. the enacted tax rate is 25%.

Suppose there are three types of consumers who attend concerts at your university’s performing arts center: students, staff, and faculty. each of these groups has a different willingness to pay for tickets; within each group, willingness to pay is identical. there is a fixed cost of $1,000 to put on a concert, but there are essentially no variable costs. for each concert: i. there are 140 students willing to pay $20. (ii) there are 200 staff members willing to pay $35. (iii) there are 100 faculty members willing to pay $50. a) if the performing arts center can charge only one price, what price should it charge? what are profits at this price? b) if the performing arts center can price discriminate and charge two prices, one for students and another for faculty/staff, what are its profits? c) if the performing arts center can perfectly price discriminate and charge students, staff, and faculty three separate prices, what are its profits?

Royal motor corp. generates a major portion of its revenues by manufacturing luxury sports cars. however, the company also derives an insignificant percent of its annual revenues by selling its sports merchandise that includes apparel, shoes, and other accessories under the same brand name. which of the following terms best describes royal motor corp.? a. aconglomerate b. a subsidiary c. adominant-businessfirm d. a single-business firm

Which of the following describes one of the ways that the demographics of an area affect the price of housing in that area? a. when more people have children, their incomes tend to be higher and the housing prices are also higher. b. older people are more likely to stay in their houses, creating a seller's market that keeps prices low. c. an area with a lower population density won't have enough construction workers to build new houses quickly. d. an area with younger people will have a higher demand for rentals and a lower demand for buying.