On April 1, 2016, BigBen Company acquired 30% of the shares of LittleTick, Inc. BigBen paid $143,000 for the investment, which is $41,000 more than 30% of the book value of LittleTick's identifiable net assets. BigBen attributed $11,800 of the $41,000 difference to inventory that will be sold in the remainder of 2016, and the rest to goodwill. LittleTick recognized a total of $17,000 of net income for 2016, and paid total dividends for the year $10,700; these dividends were issued quarterly. BigBen's investment in LittleTick will affect BigBen's 2016 net income by

a. Earnings of $2,677.
b. Earnings of $3,825.
c. A loss of $7,975.
d. Earnings of $1,148.

Opportunity cost is calculated by which of the following? a. adding the value of all lost opportunities. b. subtracting all costs from the total benefit. c. calculating the cost of time, energy, and sacrifice. d. finding the value of the best option that is not chosen.

German brothels recently began offering a monthly subscription service for multiple purchasers. if you thought that the brothels' encouragement of prostitution was immoral to begin with, would you consider this pricing plan to be even more immoral? suppose a particular patron at a german brothel has the following willingness-to-pay schedule for services at the brothel, per session. session willingness to pay 1st $84 2nd $72 3rd $60 4th $48 5th $36 6th $24 suppose this consumer would not demand any more sessions, even for free. also assume that the marginal cost to the brothel, per session, is constant at $12. at a price of $78.00 per session, the number of sessions demanded by this consumer would be . at this price and quantity, consumer surplus is $ and producer surplus is $ . suppose the brothel has devised a new pricing scheme for consumers who demand more than 1 session. this pricing scheme is a subscription service, whereby consumers can pay a flat fee of $259.20 and can have up to 6 sessions total. using this subscription pricing model, this consumer would demand sessions. under this scenario, consumer surplus is $ and producer surplus is $ . (hint: for consumer surplus, consider how much total value the consumer places on all sessions, versus the total price paid.)

Can you with personal finance homework1 abbreviation of annual percentage rate which the interest rate is applied annually to a loan or a credit card balance2 abbreviation of annual percentage yield the rate of return earn in the course of one whole year taking compounding into amount expressed as a percentage3 cash and other liquid assets such as demand deposits or treasury bills than individual possesses4 an expense that does not vary from one time period to the next5 to obtain a new loan for something on different terms often involving the pain off of an existing high-interest loan by means of a new lower interest one6 money set aside for future use7 to take money out of an account8 to plan the allocation expenditure or use of money9 the amount of money spent on food clothing and other basic necessities10 the amount of money that is anticipated to be received over a. of time either as payment for work goods or services or as profit on capital