Blue Company manufactures desks. Most of the company’s desks are standard models and are sold on the basis of catalog prices. At December 31, 2020, the following finished desks (10 desks in each category) appear in the company’s inventory. Finished Desks A B C D 2020 catalog selling price $48 $51 $96 $112 FIFO cost per inventory list 12/31/20 50 48 89 103 Estimated cost to complete and sell 5 12 28 21 2021 catalog selling price 54 58 96 128 The 2020 catalog was in effect through November 2020, and the 2021 catalog is effective as of December 1; catalog prices are net of the usual discounts. At what amount should each of the four desks appear in the company’s December 31, 2020, inventory, assuming that the company has adopted a lower-of-FIFO-cost-or-net realizable value (LCNRV) approach for valuation of inventories on an individual-item basis?

German brothels recently began offering a monthly subscription service for multiple purchasers. if you thought that the brothels' encouragement of prostitution was immoral to begin with, would you consider this pricing plan to be even more immoral? suppose a particular patron at a german brothel has the following willingness-to-pay schedule for services at the brothel, per session. session willingness to pay 1st $84 2nd $72 3rd $60 4th $48 5th $36 6th $24 suppose this consumer would not demand any more sessions, even for free. also assume that the marginal cost to the brothel, per session, is constant at $12. at a price of $78.00 per session, the number of sessions demanded by this consumer would be . at this price and quantity, consumer surplus is $ and producer surplus is $ . suppose the brothel has devised a new pricing scheme for consumers who demand more than 1 session. this pricing scheme is a subscription service, whereby consumers can pay a flat fee of $259.20 and can have up to 6 sessions total. using this subscription pricing model, this consumer would demand sessions. under this scenario, consumer surplus is $ and producer surplus is $ . (hint: for consumer surplus, consider how much total value the consumer places on all sessions, versus the total price paid.)