Partial Income Statements of Company a and Company B Are

question 59

Multiple Choice

Partial income statements of Company A and Company B are provided below: Company A
$$\begin{array} { | l | r | r | } \hline \text { Revenue } & & \$ 80,000 \\\hline \text { Expenses: } & & \\\hline \text { Utilities Expense } & \$ 5,000 & \\\hline \text { Salaries Expense } & 15,000 & \\\hline \text { Rent Expense } & \underline { 3,2000 } & \\\hline \text { Total Expenses } & & \underline { 23,700 } \\\hline \text { Operating Income } & & \$ 56,300 \\\hline\end{array}$$
Company B
$$\begin{array} { | l | r | r | } \hline \text { Revenue } & & \$ 50,000 \\\hline \text { Cost of Goods Sold: } & & \\\hline \text { Beginning Merchandise Inventory } & \$ 4,000 & \\\hline \text { Purchases and Freight In } & 23,000 & \\\hline \text { Ending Merchandise Inventory } & \$ 5,500 & \\\hline \text { Cost of Goods Sold } & & 21,500 \\\hline \text { Gross Profit } & & \$ 28,500 \\\hline\end{array}$$
Which of the following statements is true?

• A) Company A is a merchandising company.
• B) Company B is a manufacturing company.
• C) Company A is a manufacturing company.
• D) Company A is a service company.

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Definitions:

Consumer Incomes

The total amount of money earned by consumers from various sources like wages, investments, and government benefits, which affects their purchasing power and economic behavior.

Normal Good

A good for which demand increases as the income of the consumer increases, all other factors being equal.

Substitutes

Products or services that can replace each other in use, where an increase in the price of one leads to an increase in demand for the other.

Complements

Goods that are often used together, where the increase in the consumption of one leads to an increase in the consumption of the other.