ABC Declared a Property Dividend

question 176

Multiple Choice

ABC declared a property dividend. The dividend consisted of 10,000 common shares of its investment in XYZ Company. The shares had originally been purchased at $4 per share and had a $1 par value. The value of the shares on the declaration date is $7 per share. What is the first entry that should be recorded related to this dividend?

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Definitions:

Indifference Curves

A graphical representation of different combinations of goods or services among which a consumer is indifferent, showing preferences and trade-offs.

Completeness

In the context of preferences, the assumption that any two bundles of goods can be compared, meaning a consumer can decide if one is preferred, the other is preferred, or they are valued equally.

Transitivity

The concept in decision theory and economics that if preference or choice A is preferred to B, and B is preferred to C, then A must be preferred to C.

Marginal Rate

The additional cost or benefit associated with a small unit change in a variable or activity.