Steve's basis in his saw partnership interest is $200,000 at the beginning of the tax year, including all adjustments. his allocable share of partnership items are as follows: ($120,000) of ordinary loss, $6,000 tax-exempt interest income, and a $14,000 long-term capital gain. in addition, the llc distributed $20,000 of cash to steve during the year. during the year, steve's share of partnership debt increased by $10,000. steve's ending basis in his llc interest is $80,000.a. trueb. false

Quick computing currently sells 12 million computer chips each year at a price of $19 per chip. it is about to introduce a new chip, and it forecasts annual sales of 22 million of these improved chips at a price of $24 each. however, demand for the old chip will decrease, and sales of the old chip are expected to fall to 6 million per year. the old chips cost $10 each to manufacture, and the new ones will cost $14 each. what is the proper cash flow to use to evaluate the present value of the introduction of the new chip? (enter your answer in millions.)

Total marketing effort is a term used to describe the critical decision factors that affect demand: price, advertising, distribution, and product quality. define the variable x to represent total marketing effort. a typical model that is used to predict demand as a function of total marketing effort is based on the power function: d = axb suppose that a is a positive number. different model forms result from varying the constant b. sketch the graphs of this model for b = 0, b = 1, 0< b< 1, b< 0, and b> 1. (we encourage you to use excel to do this.) what does each model tell you about the relationship between demand and marketing effort? what assumptions are implied? are they reasonable? how would you go about selecting the appropriate model?

What effect, considered related to the secondary effect of advertisement, occurs as an advertisement begins to lose its impact when it gets old? the makes the advertisement lose its impact after it gets old.