Matthias Corp. had the following foreign currency transactions during 2017:

Purchased merchandise from a foreign supplier on January 20 for the U. S. dollar equivalent of $62,900 and paid the invoice on April 20 at the U. S. dollar equivalent of $53,200.
On September 1, borrowed the U. S. dollar equivalent of $305,000 evidenced by a note that is payable in the lender's local currency in one year. On December 31, the U. S. dollar equivalent of the principal amount was $322,000.

Required:
In Matthias's 2017 income statement, what amount should be included as a net foreign exchange gain or loss?

5. profit maximization and shutting down in the short run suppose that the market for polos is a competitive market. the following graph shows the daily cost curves of a firm operating in this market. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 price (dollars per polo) quantity (thousands of polos) mc atc avc for each price in the following table, calculate the firm's optimal quantity of units to produce, and determine the profit or loss if it produces at that quantity, using the data from the previous graph to identify its total variable cost. assume that if the firm is indifferent between producing and shutting down, it will produce. (hint: you can select the purple points [diamond symbols] on the previous graph to see precise information on average variable cost.) price quantity total revenue fixed cost variable cost profit (dollars per polo) (polos) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) 12.50 135,000 27.50 135,000 45.00 135,000 if the firm shuts down, it must incur its fixed costs (fc) in the short run. in this case, the firm's fixed cost is $135,000 per day. in other words, if it shuts down, the firm would suffer losses of $135,000 per day until its fixed costs end (such as the expiration of a building lease). this firm's shutdown price—that is, the price below which it is optimal for the firm to shut down—is per polo.

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