Bethany incurred $40,750 in research and experimental costs for developing a specialized product during july of year 1. bethany went through a lot of trouble and spent $17,250 in legal fees to receive a patent for the product in august of year 3.bethany expects the patent to have a remaining useful life of 10 years. (do not round intermediate calculations.) a. what amount of research and experimental expenses for year 1, year 2, and year 3 may bethany deduct if she elects to amortize the expenses over 60 months? (round your final answers to nearest whole dollar amount.) b. how much patent amortization expense would bethany deduct in year 3 assuming she elected to amortize the research and experimental costs over 60 months? c. if bethany chose to capitalize but not amortize the research and experimental expenses she incurred in year 1, how much patent amortization expense would bethany deduct in year 3?

If the demand for a pair of shoes is given by 2p + 5q = 200 and the supply function for it is p − 2q = 10, compare the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied when the price is $90. quantity demanded pairs of shoes quantity supplied pairs of shoes will there be a surplus or shortfall at this price? there will be a surplus. there will be a shortfall.

You are the manager in charge of global operations at bankglobal – a large commercial bank that operates in a number of countries around the world. you must decide whether or not to launch a new advertising campaign in the u.s. market. your accounting department has provided the accompanying statement, which summarizes the financial impact of the advertising campaign on u.s. operations. in addition, you recently received a call from a colleague in charge of foreign operations, and she indicated that her unit would lose $8 million if the u.s. advertising campaign were launched. your goal is to maximize bankglobal’s value. should you launch the new campaign? explain. pre-advertising campaign post-advertising campaign total revenues $18,610,900 $31,980,200 variable cost tv airtime 5,750,350 8,610,400 ad development labor 1,960,580 3,102,450 total variable costs 7,710,930 11,712,850 direct fixed cost depreciation – computer equipment 1,500,000 1,500,000 total direct fixed cost 1,500,000 1,500,000 indirect fixed cost managerial salaries 8,458,100 8,458,100 office supplies 2,003,500 2,003,500 total indirect fixed cost $10,461,600 $10,461,600

How does your household gain from specialization and comparative advantage? (what is produced, what is not produced yet paid to a specialist to produce? )