Suppose that the government imposes a commodity tax on alcohol. Assuming that both alcohol demand and supply are relatively elastic, what happens to alcohol consumption and to the alcohol market price?

a. Alcohol consumption increases, whereas the alcohol market price increases if the tax is placed on the sellers or decreases if the tax is placed on the buyers.
b. Alcohol consumption increases, whereas the alcohol market price increases if the tax is placed on the buyers or decreases if the tax is placed on the sellers.
c. Alcohol consumption decreases, whereas the alcohol market price increases if the tax is placed on the sellers or decreases if the tax is placed on the buyers.
d. Alcohol consumption decreases, whereas the alcohol market price increases if the tax is placed on the buyers or decreases if the tax is placed on the sellers.

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Kinc. has provided the following data for the month of may: inventories: beginning ending work in process $ 17,000 $ 12,000 finished goods $ 46,000 $ 50,000 additional information: direct materials $ 57,000 direct labor cost $ 87,000 manufacturing overhead cost incurred $ 63,000 manufacturing overhead cost applied to work in process $ 61,000 any underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead is closed out to cost of goods sold. the adjusted cost of goods sold that appears on the income statement for may is: