At Ultrinsic. com, students pay a small entry fee to compete in grades-based contests for cash prizes. Suppose that 15 students from your economics class each pay $70 to enter a grades-based contest. This would create a $1050 prize pool. An equal share of the $1050 pot is awarded at the end of the term to each contestant who earns an A in the course. If four students earn A’s, each receives $262. If only one student earns an A, that person gets the entire $1050 pot. What economic concept does Ultrinsic. com use to encourage participants to learn more and get better grades? A. incentives B. trade creates value C. trade-offs D. opportunity costs E. marginal thinking

Kandon enterprises, inc., has two operating divisions; one manufactures machinery and the other breeds and sells horses. both divisions are considered separate components as defined by generally accepted accounting principles. the horse division has been unprofitable, and on november 15, 2018, kandon adopted a formal plan to sell the division. the sale was completed on april 30, 2019. at december 31, 2018, the component was considered held for sale. on december 31, 2018, the company’s fiscal year-end, the book value of the assets of the horse division was $415,000. on that date, the fair value of the assets, less costs to sell, was $350,000. the before-tax loss from operations of the division for the year was $290,000. the company’s effective tax rate is 40%. the after-tax income from continuing operations for 2018 was $550,000. required: 1. prepare a partial income statement for 2018 beginning with income from continuing operations. ignore eps disclosures. 2. prepare a partial income statement for 2018 beginning with income from continuing operations. assuming that the estimated net fair value of the horse division’s assets was $700,000, instead of $350,000. ignore eps disclosures.