Assume a Business Commences Operations with Owners' Contributions of $20

question 27

Multiple Choice

Assume a business commences operations with owners' contributions of $20 000 with which it purchases an item of inventory that it later sells for $24 000.If the replacement cost of the inventory at the date of sale is $21 000 the amount the business can distribute and still maintain the same level of operations is:

• A) $0
• B) $3000
• C) $4000
• D) $1000

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Definitions:

Interquartile Range

A measure of variability, based on dividing a data set into quartiles, that describes the middle 50% of the distribution.

Data Set

An aggregation of interconnected data sets, which are made up of distinct pieces, yet can be operated on as a single entity by a computer.

Positively Skewed

Positively Skewed, also known as right-skewed, describes a distribution where the tail on the right side of the histogram is longer or fatter than the left side, indicating that the mean and median are greater than the mode.

Negatively Skewed

A description of a distribution of data where the tail on the left side of the distribution is longer or fatter than the right side.