Red Company Had an Involuntary Conversion on December 23,2010

question 95

Multiple Choice

Red Company had an involuntary conversion on December 23,2010.The machinery had been acquired on April 1,2008,for $49,000 and its adjusted basis was $14,200.The machinery was completely destroyed by fire and Red received $10,000 of insurance proceeds for the machine and did not replace it.This was Red's only casualty or theft event for the year.As a result of this event,Red initially has:

• A)$10,000 § 1231 loss.
• B)$10,000 § 1245 recapture gain.
• C)$4,200 casualty loss.
• D)$4,200 § 1231 loss.
• E)None of the above.

Differentiate between exclusive and inclusive ranges and their applications.

Understand why deviations from the mean are squared in standard deviation calculation.

Identify the methodology for computing standard deviation and its variance.

Distinguish between biased and unbiased standard deviations.

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