Answer:
d. Both Ted and Kate are entitled to the dividend.
Explanation:
There are 3 important dates when a corporation declares a dividend:
- The declaration date: in this case June 20th. It is the date when the corporation declares that it will pay a certain cash dividend.
- The date of record: the date of record is one day after the ex-dividend date, which means that the stockholders that the stock until the ex-dividend date will be entitled to receive the dividend. The stockholders that purchase the stock on the record date or any date after the ex-dividend date, will not be entitled to receive the dividend. In this case, the ex-dividend date was July 11th, and both Ted and Kate purchased the stocks before that date.
- The date of payment: the actual date when the dividends are distributed, in this case, August 1st.
Answer: reduce output.
Explanation:
In a competitive market, firms do not have control over the price that they sell their goods in the market but they do have control over their costs. It is recommended to produce/ sell goods at a quantity where Marginal Revenue will equal Marginal cost (MR = MC).
In a Competitive Market, Price is the same as Marginal revenue which means that Marginal revenue here is $25 and the Marginal Cost is $26. At this quantity of output, the Marginal Cost is larger than the Marginal revenue.
Company should therefore reduce output to a quantity where Marginal Cost will equal Marginal revenue.