If You Burn Your Trash in the Backyard in Spite

question 242

Multiple Choice

If you burn your trash in the backyard in spite of regulations against it, then you are

• A)acting economically irrationally and creating a social cost.
• B)avoiding the private costs associated with disposing your trash some other way and creating a social cost.
• C)acting rationally and creating a positive externality.
• D)saving landfill space and creating a social benefit.

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Definitions:

Inventory Valuation

The method used to assign cost to inventory for the purposes of accounting, vital for determining cost of goods sold and ending inventory values.

Net Realizable Value

The estimated selling price of goods minus the costs of their sale or disposal, used in assessing the value of inventory and receivables.

Replacement Cost

The cost to replace an asset or item at current market prices, without deduction for depreciation.

Periodic Inventory System

An inventory accounting system where the inventory balance is updated at the end of the accounting period through a physical count.