Courtney Sells a Cottage at the Lake That the Family

question 106

Multiple Choice

Courtney sells a cottage at the lake that the family had used for their summer vacations.The purchaser paid Courtney $100,000 and assumed the mortgage which had a principal balance of $50,000.Courtney had purchased the cottage five years ago for $170,000.Courtney will recognize

• A)a gain of $20,000.
• B)no gain or loss.
• C)a loss of $70,000.
• D)a loss of $20,000.

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Definitions:

Average Costs

The total cost of production divided by the number of goods produced, used to calculate the cost on a per-unit basis.

Diseconomies of Scale

A condition in which a company or business grows so large that the costs per unit increase.

Marginal Cost Curve

A graph that shows the change in the total cost of producing one additional unit of a product or service.

Average Total Cost

the total cost of production divided by the number of units produced, reflecting the average cost per unit of output.