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Two Construction fiRms Are Asked to Provide Bids on Building

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Two construction firms are asked to provide bids on building an apartment complex. Both are given
an identical set of blueprints to use as the basis for their bid. Explain how it is that the two firms
might come up with completely different bid prices.


Definitions:

Additional Paid-In Capital

The amount of money investors have paid for shares in a company above the stated par value of those shares.

Partial Equity Method

An accounting method used for investments, where the investor recognizes part of the investee's income based on the percentage owned.

Unamortized Trademark

The portion of a trademark's cost that has not yet been expensed over its useful life.

Equity Method

An accounting technique used by firms to assess the profits earned through their investment in other companies by reporting these earnings as income.

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