Ashley transfers property with a tax basis of $5,000 and a fair market value of $3,000 to a corporation in exchange for stock with a fair market value of $2,000 and $500 in cash in a transaction that qualifies for deferral under section 351. the corporation assumed a liability of $500 on the property transferred. what is ashley's tax basis in the stock received in the exchange?

Until recently, hamburgers at the city sports arena cost $4.70 each. the food concessionaire sold an average of 13 comma 000 hamburgers on game night. when the price was raised to $5.40, hamburger sales dropped off to an average of 6 comma 000 per night. (a) assuming a linear demand curve, find the price of a hamburger that will maximize the nightly hamburger revenue. (b) if the concessionaire had fixed costs of $1 comma 500 per night and the variable cost is $0.60 per hamburger, find the price of a hamburger that will maximize the nightly hamburger profit.