For Last Year, Watson Limited Reported Revenues of $420,000, Cost

question 207

Multiple Choice

For last year, Watson Limited reported revenues of $420,000, cost of goods sold of $118,000, cost of goods manufactured of $105,000, and total operating costs of $60,000. Operating income for that year was ________.

• A) $315,000
• B) $302,000
• C) $255,000
• D) $242,000

---

Definitions:

Elasticity

A measure in economics that indicates how the quantity demanded or supplied of a product changes in response to a change in price.

Supply

Represents the total amount of a specific good or service that is available to consumers.

Income Elasticity

measures how much the quantity demanded of a good changes in response to a change in consumers' income.

Midpoint Method

A technique used in economics to calculate the percentage change between two values, averaging the initial and final values to estimate elasticity.