Company X Has Net Sales Revenue of $436,000,cost of Goods

question 4

Multiple Choice

Company X has net sales revenue of $436,000,cost of goods sold of $343,000,and all other expenses of $157,000,if interest expense is $16,000 and income tax expense is zero,the times interest earned ratio is:

• A)-3.0
• B)+5.0
• C)+6.8
• D)-4.8

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Definitions:

Price Makers

Firms that possess the power to set the price of a good or service because of a lack of competition or the unique nature of the product.

Purely Competitive

A market structure characterized by a large number of small firms, free entry and exit, homogeneity of products, and perfect information that leads to the price being dictated by the market.

Monopolistic Firms

Firms operating in a market structure with many competitors that sell differentiated products.

Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, indicating the goods' sensitivity to price changes.