Calaveras Tire exchanged equipment for two pickup trucks. The book value and fair value of the equipment given up were $20,000 (original cost of $65,000 less accumulated depreciation of $45,000) and $17,000, respectively. Assume Calaveras paid $8,000 in cash and the exchange has commercial substance. Required:
a. At what amount will Calaveras value the pickup trucks?
b. How much gain or loss will the company recognize on the exchange?

Seattle bank’s start-up division establishes new branch banks. each branch opens with three tellers. total teller cost per branch is $96,000 per year. the three tellers combined can process up to 90,000 customer transactions per year. if a branch does not attain a volume of at least 60,000 transactions during its first year of operations, it is closed. if the demand for services exceeds 90,000 transactions, an additional teller is hired and the branch is transferred from the start-up division to regular operations. required what is the relevant range of activity for new branch banks

In the united states, one worker can produce 10 tons of steel per day or 20 tons of chemicals per day. in the united kingdom, one worker can produce 5 tons of steel per day or 15 tons of chemicals per day. the united kingdom has a comparative advantage in the production of:

Explain the relationship between consumers and producers in economic growth and activity