Answer the Following Questions Using the Information Below:
Strategic Analysis

question 151

Multiple Choice

Answer the following questions using the information below:
Strategic Analysis of Profitability of Ransham Company:
$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|}\hline&\text { Income } & \text { Revenueand } & \text { Revenueand } & & \\&\text { Statement } & \text { Cost Effects } & \text { Cost Effects of } & \text { Cost Effect of } & \text { Income } \\&&\text { of Growth } & \text { Price-Recovery } & \text { Productivity } & \text { Statement } \\\text { Amounts } & \text { Component } & \text { Component } & \text { Component } & \text { Amounts } \\&\text { in 2014 } & \text { in 2015 } & \text { in 2015 } & \text { in 2015 } & \text { in 2015 } \\\hline \text { Revenues }(\$) & 34,000 & 10,000 \mathrm{~F} & 1,000 \mathrm{U} & (\mathrm{b}) & (\mathrm{e}) \\\hline \text { Costs } & 23,500 & (\mathrm{a}) & 500 \mathrm{U} & \text { (c) } & 26,100 \\\hline \text { Operating } & & & & & \\\text { income } & 10,500 & 5,500 \mathrm{~F} & 1,500 \mathrm{U} & 2,400 \mathrm{~F} & \text { (d) } \\\hline\end{array}$
-What is the revenue amount for 2015 (e) ?

• A) $9,000
• B) $25,000
• C) $43,000
• D) $16,900

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Definitions:

Inward-Oriented Policies

Economic policies aimed at strengthening domestic industries and protecting them from foreign competition by imposing tariffs, quotas, and other trade barriers.

Production Function

A mathematical equation that describes the relationship between the inputs used in production and the output of goods or services.

Price System

An economic system wherein the allocation of goods and services, as well as their prices, are primarily determined by supply and demand in a free market.

Market Economy

An economy that allocates resources through the decentralized decisions of many firms and households as they interact in markets for goods and services.