Granite Rock, Inc. Statement of Cash Flows Year Ended December 31, 2018 Cash Flows from Operating Activities: Net Income 101900 Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income to Net Cash Provided by (Used for) Operating Activities: Depreciation Expense—Plant Assets 14200 Increase in Accounts Receivable (1700) Decrease in Merchandise Inventory 11900 Increase in Accounts Payable 4600 Decrease in Accrued Liabilities (2500) 26500 Net Cash Provided by (Used for) Operating Activities 128400 Cash Flows from Investing Activities: Cash Payment for Acquisition of Plant Assets Net Cash Provided by (Used for) Investing Activities Cash Flows from Financing Activities: Net Cash Provided by (Used for) Financing Activities Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash Cash Balance, December 31, 2017 Cash Balance, December 31, 2018 Non-cash Investing and Financing Activities: Total Non-cash Investing and Financing Activities Requirement 2. How will what you learned in this problem help you evaluate an investment?

5. profit maximization and shutting down in the short run suppose that the market for polos is a competitive market. the following graph shows the daily cost curves of a firm operating in this market. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 price (dollars per polo) quantity (thousands of polos) mc atc avc for each price in the following table, calculate the firm's optimal quantity of units to produce, and determine the profit or loss if it produces at that quantity, using the data from the previous graph to identify its total variable cost. assume that if the firm is indifferent between producing and shutting down, it will produce. (hint: you can select the purple points [diamond symbols] on the previous graph to see precise information on average variable cost.) price quantity total revenue fixed cost variable cost profit (dollars per polo) (polos) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) 12.50 135,000 27.50 135,000 45.00 135,000 if the firm shuts down, it must incur its fixed costs (fc) in the short run. in this case, the firm's fixed cost is $135,000 per day. in other words, if it shuts down, the firm would suffer losses of $135,000 per day until its fixed costs end (such as the expiration of a building lease). this firm's shutdown price—that is, the price below which it is optimal for the firm to shut down—is per polo.