On january 1, 2017, cale corp. paid $1,020,000 to acquire kaltop co. kaltop maintained separate incorporation. cale used the equity method to account for the investment. the following information is available for kaltop's assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity accounts on january 1, 2017:

book value fair value
current assets $120,000 $120,000
land $72,000 $192,000
building (20 year life) $240,000 $268,000
equipment (10 year life) $540,000 $516,000
current liabilities $24,000 $24,000
long-term liabilities $120,000 $210,000
common stock $228,000
additional paid in capital $384,000
retained earnings $216,000

what is the balance in cale's investment in subsidiary account at the end of 2017?

(a) $1,099,000
(b) $1,020,000
(c) $1,096,000
(d) $1,098,000
(e) $1,144,000

The monthly demand equation for an electric utility company is estimated to be p equals 60 minus left parenthesis 10 superscript negative 5 baseline right parenthesis x, where p is measured in dollars and x is measured in thousands of killowatt-hours. the utility has fixed costs of $3 comma 000 comma 000 per month and variable costs of $32 per 1000 kilowatt-hours of electricity generated, so the cost function is upper c left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 32 x. (a) find the value of x and the corresponding price for 1000 kilowatt-hours that maximize the utility's profit. (b) suppose that the rising fuel costs increase the utility's variable costs from $32 to $38, so its new cost function is upper c 1 left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 38 x. should the utility pass all this increase of $6 per thousand kilowatt-hours on to the consumers?