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A company that uses the perpetual inventory system purchased 500 pallets of industrial soap for 10,000 and paid 750 for the freight in. The company sold the whole lot to a supermarket chain for 14,000 on account.

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Assume the price of gasoline is $2.00 per gallon, and the equilibrium quantity of gasoline is 10 million gallons per day with no tax on gasoline.

Suppose sellers of liquor are required to send $1.00 to the government for every bottle of liquor they sell. Further, suppose this tax causes the price paid by buyers of liquor to rise by $0.80 per bottle.

Better Chocolates has a new project that requires $838,000 of equipment. What is the depreciation in Year 6 of this project if the equipment is classified as seven-year property for MACRS purposes?

Teresa has just opened a NOW account that pays 3.50 % interest. If she maintains the account at the required minimum balance of $500 for the next 12 months, how much interest will she earn?

A new truck is purchased on January 1, 20X6. The truck cost $10,000, has a 5-year life, and a $2,000 residual value. Given a December 31 year-end, and use of the double-declining balance method, how much is 20X9 depreciation expense?

Delta Motors, an American multinational automaker, was the first company to develop an affordable electric car. Delta Motors aimed to diversify its growth by launching an environment-friendly, affordable electric car.

Your pension plan is an annuity with a guaranteed return of 4% per year (compounded quarterly). You can afford to put $1,600 per quarter into the fund, and you will work for 40 years before retiring.

You can choose between two purchases: Machine A or Machine B. Machine A costs $24,000 and has a salvage value of $12,000 after 3 years. Machine B costs $30,000 and has a salvage value of $16,000 after 4 years.