Metropolitan Casting Services Started the Year with Total Assets of $130,000

question 190

Multiple Choice

Metropolitan Casting Services started the year with total assets of $130,000 and total liabilities of $45,000. The revenues and the expenses for the year amounted to $130,000 and $50,000, respectively. During the year, the company did not issue any common stock, but it distributed dividends of $60,000. Calculate the amount of increase or decrease in stockholders' equity for the year.

• A) a $20,000 increase
• B) a $105,000 increase
• C) a $85,000 decrease
• D) a $60,000 increase

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Definitions:

Price Elasticity of Demand

An indicator of the responsiveness of demand for a product to variations in its price, demonstrating how sensitive the quantity of the product demanded is to price fluctuations.

Advertising Elasticity of Demand

A measure of how advertising expenditures influence the quantity demanded of a product or service.

Price Elasticity of Demand

Measures how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in its price, with higher elasticity indicating greater sensitivity to price changes.

Marginal Cost of Production

The increase in total production cost that arises from producing one additional unit of a good or service.