Exercise 6-15A Calculate cost of goods sold, the inventory turnover ratio, and average days in inventory (LO6-2, 6-7) Skip to question [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Lewis Incorporated and Clark Enterprises report the following amounts for the year. Lewis Clark Inventory (beginning) $ 24,000 $ 50,000 Inventory (ending) 18,000 60,000 Purchases 261,000 235,000 Purchase returns 15,000 60,000 Exercise 6-15A Part 1 Required: 1. Calculate cost of goods sold for each company.

Suppose that fixed costs for a firm in the automobile industry (start-up costs of factories, capital equipment, and so on) are $5 billion and that variable costs are equal to $17,000 per finished automobile. because more firms increase competition in the market, the market price falls as more firms enter an automobile market, or specifically, , where n represents the number of firms in a market. assume that the initial size of the u.s. and the european automobile markets are 300 million and 533 million people, respectively.a. calculate the equilibrium number of firms in the u.s. and european automobile markets without trade.b. what is the equilibrium price of automobiles in the united states and europe if the automobile industry is closed to foreign trade? c. now suppose that the united states decides on free trade in automobiles with europe. the trade agreement with the europeans adds 533 million consumers to the automobile market, in addition to the 300 million in the united states. how many automobile firms will there be in the united states and europe combined? what will be the new equilibrium price of automobiles? d. why are prices in the united states different in (c) and (b)? are consumers better off with free trade? in what ways?