chapter Six businesses and Their Costs ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 6-1 Distinguish clearly between a plant, a firm, and an industry. Contrast a vertically integrated firm, a horizontally integrated firm, and a conglomerate. Cite an example of a horizontally integrated firm from which you have recently made a purchase. A plant is an operating unit where production takes place. This production can be manufacturing, farming, mining, retailing, wholesaling, warehousing—anything
commitment fee Feedback: Commercial loans can involve a range of fees including establishment, service and commitment fees. Application fees typically apply to home loans, but they do not typically apply to commercial loans, so A is the correct answer. MORE: Financial Institutions, Instruments and Markets 5/e, p. 392. In addition to the interest charge on the funds advanced to a borrower, banks will also normally levy an establishment fee and a periodic service fee. The establishment fee represents
CHAPTER 13 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS: DETERMINATION OF GAIN OR LOSS, BASIS CONSIDERATIONS, AND NONTAXABLE EXHANGES SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEM MATERIALS | | | | |Status: | Q/P | |Question/ |Learning | | |Present |in Prior | |Problem |Objective |Topic
Chapter 2 Textbook Solutions QUESTIONS 3. Why is EBIT an important line item in the income statement? What does EBIT show us? ANSWER Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) is the lowest line on the income statement that isn 't affected by the firm 's method of financing (the relative amounts of debt and equity used). It is important because it allows an evaluation of physical business operations separate from the influence of financing decisions. It is therefore often called operating income
ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 14-2 The two principal reasons for holding cash are for transac¬tions and compensating balances. The target cash balance is not equal to the sum of the holdings for each reason because the same money can often partially satisfy both motives. 14-4 The four elements in a firm’s credit policy are (1) credit standards, (2) credit period, (3) discount policy, and (4) collection policy. The firm is not required to accept the credit policies employed by its
impact of an increase in the money supply? Answer Selected Answer: It leads to increased price level, but there is no change in real GDP. Correct Answer: It leads to increased price level, but there is no change in real GDP. Question 2 1 out of 1 points Which of the following would make the price level decrease and real GDP increase? Answer Selected Answer: Long-run aggregate supply shifts right. Correct Answer: Long-run aggregate supply shifts
CHAPTER 11 – CALCULATING THE COST OF CAPITAL Questions LG1 11-1 How would you handle calculating the cost of capital if a firm were planning two issue two different classes of common stock? Solution: As the two different classes of common stock are likely to have different component costs, calculate the cost and weight for each separately. LG2 11-2 Why don’t we multiply the cost of preferred stock by 1 minus the tax rate, as we do for debt? Solution: Because dividends on preferred
1. You have obtained a new utility, called watchit, to monitor security on your computer, and you decide to run the utility in the background. Normally, to start the utility you would enter watchit at the command line.Which of the following commands enables you to start and run this utility in the background? b. watchit& 2. You’ve obtained over a hundred large graphics files to use in publications, but you want to be sure there is enough available disk space on your computer to store these files
E-Business Ch. 6 – 10 Assignments Chapter 6 Questions 1) Is growth of the internet, in terms of users, expected to continue indefinitely? What will cause it to slow if anything? Internet growth is now currently slowing. This is because of computer costs. Unless the price of computers drop significantly the internet growth rate will continue to decline 3) Would you say that the Internet fosters or impedes social activity? Explain your position. I would say both. The Internet probably both
Myers Psychology 6/e Test Bank II CHAPTER 5 Sensation Learning Objectives Sensing the World: Some Basic Principles (pp. 172-177) 1. Contrast the processes of sensation and perception. 2. Distinguish between absolute and difference thresholds, and discuss research findings on subliminal stimulation. 3. Describe the phenomenon of sensory adaptation, and explain its functional value. Vision (pp. 177-188) 4. Explain the visual process, including the stimulus input, the structure of the