There are a couple of questions in this: 1) Which of the following statements is true?
a. Elasticity is identical to the slope of the demand curve.
b. A single, straight-line demand curve can be elastic in one region and inelastic in another.
c. Perfectly inelastic demand can be represented by a horizontal line.
d. When demand is unit elastic, revenue is strongly affected by price changes.
e. You can always determine the relative elasticity of demand for two products by
comparing the slope of their demand curves.

2) In the market for green beans, as price rises from $2 to $3 per pound of green beans, producer revenues increase from $50,000 to $80,000. What can we say about the price
elasticity of demand for green beans?
a) Demand is price inelastic
b) Demand is price elastic
c) Demand is unit elastic
d) Green beans are an inferior good
e) Green beans are a normal good

3) Five students are willing to pay $5 for an ice cream cone and the price for an ice cream cone at Baskin Robbins is $3. What is the total consumer surplus among the five students?
a) $2
b) $10
c) $15
d) $20

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The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out

Lo.2, 3, 9 lori, who is single, purchased 5-years class property for $200,00 and 7-years class property for $420,000 on may 20, 2018. lori experts the taxable income derived form the business (without regard to the amount expensed under ⧠179) to be about $550,000. lori has determined that she should elect immediate ⧠179 expensing in the amount of $520,000, but she doesn’t know which asset she should completely expense under ⧠179. she does not claim any available additional first-year depreciation. a. determine lori’s total cost recovery deduction if the ⧠179 expense is first taken with respect to the 5-year class asset. b. determine lori’s total cost recovery deduction if the ⧠179 expense is first taken with respect to the 7-year class asset. c. what is your advice for lori? d. assume that lori is in the 24% marginal tax bracket and that she uses ⧠179 on the 7-year asset. determine the present value of the tax savings from the depreciation deductions for both assets. see appendix g for present value factors, and assume a 6% discount rate. e. assume the same facts as in part (d), except that lori decides not to use ⧠179 on either asset. determine the present value of the tax savings under this choice. in addition, determine which option lori should choose. f. present your solution to parts (d) and (e) of the problem in a spreadsheet using appropriate microsoft excel formulas. e-mail your spreadsheet to your instructor with a two-paragraph summary of your findings.