The AB, BC, and CD Partnerships Merge into the ABCD

question 23

Multiple Choice

The AB, BC, and CD Partnerships merge into the ABCD Partnership. AB (owned by Austin and Ben) contributes assets worth $100,000. BC (owned by Ben and Charlie) contributes assets worth $200,000. CD (owned by Charlie and Dennis) contributes assets worth $300,000. The capital and profits interest in ABCD is owned by: Austin, 10%; Ben, 30%; Charlie, 25%; and Dennis, 35%. ABCD Partnership is a continuation of

• A) CD.
• B) BC.
• C) AB.
• D) none of the partnerships.

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Definitions:

Pavlov

A Russian physiologist best known for his work in classical conditioning, particularly with the conditioned response of salivation in dogs.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus due to repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, natural reaction to a stimulus that occurs without prior conditioning.

Rescorla-Wagner

A model proposing that the strength of a conditioned response depends on the unexpectedness of the unconditioned stimulus.