For Each Item Listed in 1 Through 2, Place the Letter

question 86

Essay

For each item listed in 1 through 2, place the letter of the accounting effect (a through e) in the space provided. You may use each letter more than once or not at all.
$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ Accounting Effects
a. Current ratio and earnings per share increase.
b. Current ratio and earnings per share decrease.
c. Current ratio increases and earnings per share decreases.
d. Current ratio decreases and earnings per share increases.
e. Current ratio and earnings per share are not affected.
____ 1. A company applies lower-of-cost-or-market for valuing ending inventory when cost is greater than market price.
____ 2. During an extended period of constant prices, a company uses LIFO instead of FIFO.

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Definitions:

Budget Constraint

An economic model representing all the combinations of goods and services that a consumer can afford with a fixed budget.

Budget Line

A graphical representation showing the combination of two goods that can be purchased with a specific budget at set prices.

Jeans

A type of trousers typically made from denim or dungaree cloth, often regarded as a staple in casual fashion.

Indifference Curves

A graph representing different bundles of goods between which a consumer is indifferent, showing the trade-offs a consumer is willing to make between two goods.