Use the Following Information to Answer the Question Below A Balance Sheet Prepared on December 31,20xx,would Report Total Stockholders

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Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question below. The following accounts appear in the ledger of Sayre Corporation on December 31,20xx:
$\begin{array}{lr}\text { Preferred Stock } & \$ 30,000 \\\text { Common Stock } &47,000 \\\text { Additional Paid-in Capital, Preferred } & 7,000 \\\text { Additional Paid-in Capital, Common } & 18,000 \\\text { Retained Earnings } & 40,000\end{array}$
A balance sheet prepared on December 31,20xx,would report total stockholders' equity of

• A) $77,000.
• B) $84,000.
• C) $102,000.
• D) $142,000.

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Scarcity

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Mixed Capitalism

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Invisible Hand

A concept introduced by Adam Smith to describe the self-regulating nature of the marketplace, where individual self-interests inadvertently benefit society.

Adam Smith

An 18th-century Scottish economist and philosopher, best known for his theories on free market economics detailed in "The Wealth of Nations."