The Baxter Company has 30,000 shares of $3 par common stock outstanding. The company’s board of directors declares a 3-for-1 stock split when the market price is $9 per share.
1. Which of the following statements are correct? (You may select more than one answer)
a. After the stock split, the company will have 10,000 shares, each with an approximate market value of $9.
b. After the stock split, the company will have 90,000 shares, each with an approximate market value of $3.
c. The par amount of the shares becomes $1 per share.
d. No journal entry is recorded.

The monthly demand equation for an electric utility company is estimated to be p equals 60 minus left parenthesis 10 superscript negative 5 baseline right parenthesis x, where p is measured in dollars and x is measured in thousands of killowatt-hours. the utility has fixed costs of $3 comma 000 comma 000 per month and variable costs of $32 per 1000 kilowatt-hours of electricity generated, so the cost function is upper c left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 32 x. (a) find the value of x and the corresponding price for 1000 kilowatt-hours that maximize the utility's profit. (b) suppose that the rising fuel costs increase the utility's variable costs from $32 to $38, so its new cost function is upper c 1 left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 38 x. should the utility pass all this increase of $6 per thousand kilowatt-hours on to the consumers?