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(b) Assume these firms behave like price takers, how much will they produce and what price will they charge? Draw the outcome on a graph. What is the individual firms producer surplus? What is the total producer surplus of the market? (3 marks) (c) Suppose the four firms join together to form a single firm monopoly. What price will the cartel charge and how much output does the cartel produce? What is producer surplus for the cartel? (Hint: the marginal cost curve for the cartel firm is the supply curve found in part (a) with MC replacing P in this equation and MR = 200 -Q). What happens to consumer surplus and total welfare? (4 marks) 4. Calculate the own price elasticity of demand in the following situations (a) A price rise from po = 2 to p1 = 5 causes quantity demand to fall from go = 30 to q1 = 15 (1 mark) (b) The demand curve is given by q = 1/p with the slope of the demand curve given by $ = -1/p2. What is the own price elasticity of demand at any point?(2 marks) (c) The demand curve is given by q = 4 - 2p with the slope of the demand curve given by dp = -2. What is the own price clasticity of demand at: (i) p = 4; and (ii) p = 10? (2 marks) 5. Suppose the cost of producing q cars and q2 trucks is 45000 +80q1 + 10092. Calculate the measure of economies of scope when (1 mark each): (a) q1 = 100 and q2 = 200 (b) q1 = 500 and q2 = 800 6. Answer the following questions True, False, or Uncertain. Give a brief explanation of your answer. 1 mark for correctly identifying T, F. or U. 4 marks for explanation. (a) If a single price monopoly is instituted in what was a competitive market, consumer surplus will decrease more than producers gain. (b) If a firm's marginal cost is less than the firm's marginal revenue then the firm should decrease output and increase price. (c) If price is less than average cost then a firm will shut down. (d) A monopolist does not make a shutdown decision in the short-run and an exit decision in the long run since only competitive firms make these decisions.Other receipts for the couple were as follows: Dividends (all qualified dividends) $2.500 Interest income: Union Bank $ 220 State of Idaho-interest on tax refund 22 City of Boise school bonds 1.250 Interest from U.S. savings bonds 410 (not used for educational purposes) 2017 federal income tax refund received in 2018 2,007 2017 state income tax refund received in 2018 218 Idaho lottery winnings 1.100 Casino slot machine winnings 2,250 Gambling losses at casino 6.500 Other information that the Reyeses provided for the 2018 tax year. Mortgage interest on personal residence $11.081 Loan interest on fully equipped motor home 3.010 Doctor's fee for a face-lift for Mrs. Reyes 8.800 Dentist's fee for a new dental bridge for Mr. Reyes 3,500 Vitamins for the entire family 1 10 Real estate property taxes paid $ 5,025 DMV fees on motor home (tax portion) 1.044 DMV fees on family autos (tax portion) 436 Doctors' bills for grandmother 2,960 Nursing home for grandmother 10,200 Wheelchair for grandmother 1.030 Property taxes on boat 134 Interest on personal credit card 550 Interest on loan to buy public school district bonds 270 Cash contributions to church (all the contributions 6.100 were in cash and none more than $250 at any one time) Cash contribution to man at bottom of freeway off-ramp 25 Contribution of furniture to Goodwill-cost basis 4,000 Contribution of same furniture to listed above Goodwill-fair market value 410 Tax return preparation fee for 2017 taxes 625 Required Prepare a Form 1040 and appropriate schedules, Schedule A, and Schedule B for the comple- tion of the Reyes's tax return. They do not want to contribute to the presidential election cam- paign and do not want anyone to be a third-party designee. For any missing information, make reasonable assumptions. They had qualifying health coverage at all times during the year.2. At this point, we can analyze (stability, steady-state gain, sinusoidal steady-state gains, time-constant, etc.) of first-order, linear dynamical systems. We previously analyzed a Ist-order process model, and a proportional-control strategy. In this problem, we try a different situation, where the process is simply proportional, but the controller is a Ist-order, linear dynamical system. Specifically, suppose the process model is non-dynamic ("static" ) simply y(t) = cu(t) + Bd(t) where o and B are constants. The control strategy is dynamic i (t) = ar(t) + bir(t) + bzym(t) u(t) = cr(t) + dir(t) where ym(t) = y(t) + n(t) and the various "gains" (a, bi, . .., di) constitute the design choices in the control strategy. Be careful, notation-wise, since (for example) d, is a constant parameter, and d(t) is a signal (the disturbance). (a) Eliminate u and ym from the equations to obtain a differential equation for r of the form r(t) = Ar(t) + Bir(t) + Bad(t) + Ban(t) which governs the closed-loop behavior of r. Note that A, B1, B2, By are functions of the parameters a, b1, ... in the control strategy, as well as the process parameters o and B. (b) What relations on (a, b1. .... dj, or, B) are equivalent to closed-loop system stability? (c) As usual, we are interested in the effect (with feedback in place) of (r, d, n) on (y, u), the regulated variable, and the control variable, respectively. Find the coefficients (in terms of (a, bi, . . ., d1, 0, B)) so that y(t) = Cix(t) + Dur(t) + Died(t) + Dian(t) u(t) = Car(t) + Dar(t) + Dad(t) + Dzan(t) (d) Suppose that T. > 0 is a desired closed-loop time constant. Write down the constraints on the a, b1, b2, c and di (i.e., the parameters of the controller to be design) such that the following conditions hold: . closed-loop is stable . closed-loop time constant is To . steady-state gain from d -> y is 0 . steady-state gain from r - y is 12. At this point, we can analyze (stability, steady-state gain, sinusoidal steady-state gains, time-constant, etc.) of first-order, linear dynamical systems. We previously analyzed a Ist-order process model, and a proportional-control strategy. In this problem, we try a different situation, where the process is simply proportional, but the controller is a Ist-order, linear dynamical system. Specifically, suppose the process model is non-dynamic ("static" ) simply y(t) = cu(t) + Bd(t) where o and B are constants. The control strategy is dynamic i (t) = ar(t) + bir(t) + bzym(t) u(t) = cr(t) + dir(t) where ym(t) = y(t) + n(t) and the various "gains" (a, bi, . .., di) constitute the design choices in the control strategy. Be careful, notation-wise, since (for example) d, is a constant parameter, and d(t) is a signal (the disturbance). (a) Eliminate u and ym from the equations to obtain a differential equation for r of the form r(t) = Ar(t) + Bir(t) + Bad(t) + Ban(t) which governs the closed-loop behavior of r. Note that A, B1, B2, By are functions of the parameters a, b1, ... in the control strategy, as well as the process parameters o and B. (b) What relations on (a, b1. .... dj, or, B) are equivalent to closed-loop system stability? (c) As usual, we are interested in the effect (with feedback in place) of (r, d, n) on (y, u), the regulated variable, and the control variable, respectively. Find the coefficients (in terms of (a, bi, . . ., d1, 0, B)) so that y(t) = Cix(t) + Dur(t) + Died(t) + Dian(t) u(t) = Car(t) + Dar(t) + Dad(t) + Dzan(t) (d) Suppose that T. > 0 is a desired closed-loop time constant. Write down the constraints on the a, b1, b2, c and di (i.e., the parameters of the controller to be design) such that the following conditions hold: . closed-loop is stable . closed-loop time constant is To . steady-state gain from d -> y is 0 . steady-state gain from r - y is 118. Christie's father passes away seven months after he was diagnosed with cancer. In his will he leaves her everything, including shares of stock he had purchased for $1,000 but had a fair market value of $12,000 at the time of his death. Christie subsequently sells the stock for $19,000. What is Christie's capital gain on the transaction? a. $7,000. b. $11,000. C. $18,000. d. $19,000. 19. Which of the following statements regarding installment sales is correct? a. All payments received by the seller in an installment sale are considered interest income. b. At the death of the seller, the principal balance of the installment sale is included in the seller's gross estate. c. The present value of the expected remainder value of the property sold in an installment sale is subject to gift tax at the date of the transfer. d. An installment sale would never be used with a related party. 20. In 2018, Roxanne paid Badlaw University $12,000 for her nephew's tuition and gave her nephew $25,000 in cash. Roxanne is single and did not make any other gifts during the year. What is the amount of Roxanne's taxable gifts for the year? a. SO. b. $2,000. c. $10,000. d. $24,000. 21. During the year, Johnson created a trust for the benefit of his five children. The terms of the trust declare that his children can only access the trust's assets after the trust has been in existence for 15 years and the trust does not include a Crummey provision. If Johnson transfers $85,000 to the trust during the year, what is his total taxable gifts for the year? a. 50. b. $10,000. c. $60,000. d. $85,000
