Scenario 15-1 Vincent Operates a Scenic Tour Business in Boston. He Has

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Scenario 15-1
Vincent operates a scenic tour business in Boston. He has one bus which can fit 50 people per tour and each tour lasts 2 hours. His total cost of operating one tour is fixed at $450. Vincent's cost is not reduced if he runs a tour with a partially full bus. While his cost is the same for all tours, Vincent charges each passenger his/her willingness to pay: adults $18 per trip, children $10 per trip, and senior citizens $12 per trip. At those rates, on a typical day Vincent's demand is: Assume that Vincent's customers are always available for the tour; therefore, he can fill his bus for each tour as long as there is sufficient total demand for the day.
-Refer to Scenario 15-1. One of Vincent's friends tells him he would be more profitable if he charged a single price of $18. Assuming no changes in consumer demand, what would Vincent's profit be if he charged every customer $18?

Calculate dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders under different scenarios.

Differentiate between cumulative and noncumulative preferred stocks.

Understand the accounting for treasury stock transactions and their impact on stockholders' equity.

Grasp the concept of stock splits and their effects on par value and number of shares.

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