Assume There Is a Decrease in the Demand for Soda

question 27

Multiple Choice

Assume there is a decrease in the demand for soda, some of which comes in aluminum cans. In the market for bauxite, the main mineral source of aluminum, the equilibrium price would _____ and the equilibrium quantity would _____.

• A) rise; fall
• B) fall; fall
• C) rise; rise
• D) fall; rise

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Definitions:

Double-Declining-Balance

A method of accelerated depreciation which doubles the rate of straight line depreciation, expensing more of the asset's value in the early years of its life.

Scrap Value

The anticipated market value of an asset at the end of its operational lifetime.

Sum-Of-The-Years-Digits

A depreciation method that results in a more accelerated write-off of the asset, calculated by adding together the digits of the asset's useful life years.

MACRS Tables

The Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System tables used in the United States for tax purposes to determine the depreciation of assets over time.