On January 1, 2021, Crane Corporation signed a 5-year noncancelable lease for equipment. The terms of the lease called for Crane to make annual payments of $199000 at the beginning of each year for 5 years beginning on January 1, 2021 with the title passing to Crane at the end of this period. The equipment has an estimated useful life of 7 years and no salvage value. Crane uses the straight-line method of depreciation for all of its fixed assets. Crane accordingly accounts for this lease transaction as a finance lease. The lease payments were determined to have a present value of $843704 at an effective interest rate of 9%. In 2021, Crane should record:.
a. interest expense of $57,058 and depreciation expense of $107,225.b. interest expense of $75,058 and depreciation expense of $107,225.c. interest expense of $44,764 and depreciation expense of $107,225.d. interest expense of $62,764 and depreciation expense of $107,225.

What are consequences of rapid inflation? (select all that apply.) savings accounts become less desirable because interest earned is lower than inflation individual purchasing power increases, which results in an increase in demand. individual purchasing power decreases, which results in a decrease in demand. people postpone purchasing expensive items, such as homes, until prices drop.

Cadillac's portfolio consists of sedans, a crossover, a sport utility vehicle, and a high-performance version of the sedan. the sedans are sold through the cadillac dealer network, but the high-performance version is sold in limited volumes and is not available at all dealers. this difference in availability is an example of how the products within the cadillac portfolio are differentiated by the

Suppose that fixed costs for a firm in the automobile industry (start-up costs of factories, capital equipment, and so on) are $5 billion and that variable costs are equal to $17,000 per finished automobile. because more firms increase competition in the market, the market price falls as more firms enter an automobile market, or specifically, , where n represents the number of firms in a market. assume that the initial size of the u.s. and the european automobile markets are 300 million and 533 million people, respectively.a. calculate the equilibrium number of firms in the u.s. and european automobile markets without trade.b. what is the equilibrium price of automobiles in the united states and europe if the automobile industry is closed to foreign trade? c. now suppose that the united states decides on free trade in automobiles with europe. the trade agreement with the europeans adds 533 million consumers to the automobile market, in addition to the 300 million in the united states. how many automobile firms will there be in the united states and europe combined? what will be the new equilibrium price of automobiles? d. why are prices in the united states different in (c) and (b)? are consumers better off with free trade? in what ways?