You are evaluating the balance sheet for PattyCake’s Corporation. From the balance sheet you find the following balances: cash and marketable securities = $310,000; accounts receivable = $1,340,000; inventory = $2,240,000; accrued wages and taxes = $570,000; accounts payable = $870,000; and notes payable = $740,000.

Calculate PattyCake’s current ratio. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Current ratio times: Calculate PattyCake’s quick ratio. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Quick ratio times: Calculate PattyCake’s cash ratio. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Cash ratio times:

Aconsumer values a house at $525,000 and a producer values the same house at $485,000. if the transaction is completed at $510,000, what level of tax rate will result in unconsummated transaction?

Suppose that hubert, an economist from an am talk radio program, and kate, an economist from a nonprofit organization on the west coast, are arguing over government bailouts. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: kate: to recent financial crises, the concept of bailouts is a hot topic for debate among everyone these days. hubert: indeed, it’s gotten crazy! a government bailout of severely distressed financial firms is unnecessary because free markets will properly price assets. kate: i don’t know about that. without a bailout of severely distressed financial firms, the economy will experience a deep recession. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in scientific judgments . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue. central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation. employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations

Choose the statement that is incorrect. a. search activity occurs only in markets where there is a shortage. b. when a price is regulated and there is a shortage, search activity increases. c. the time spent looking for someone with whom to do business is called search activity. d. the opportunity cost of a good is equal to its price plus the value of the search time spent finding the good.