For the Year Ended December 31, 2011 Depot Max's Cost

question 154

Multiple Choice

For the year ended December 31, 2011 Depot Max's cost of merchandise sold was $54,350. Inventory at the beginning of the year was $6,540. Ending inventory was $7,250. Depot Max's number of days sales in inventory is closest to

• A) 43
• B) 50
• C) 8
• D) 47

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Definitions:

Perfectly Inelastic

Describes a situation where the quantity demanded or supplied does not change in response to a price change.

Recession

A period of declining real GDP, accompanied by lower real income and higher unemployment.

Demand

The quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices over a given period of time.

Income Elasticity

A measurement of how the demand for a good or service changes in response to changes in consumers' income levels.