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19 April, 04:12

Dowd, Elgar, Frost, and Grant formed a general partnership. Their written partnership agreement provided that the profits would be divided so that Dowd would receive 40%; Edgar, 30%; Frost, 20%; and Grant, 10%. There was no provision for allocating losses. At the end of its first year, the partnership had losses of $200,000. Before allocating losses, the partners' capital account balances were: Dowd, $120,000; Elgar, $100,000; Frost, $75,000; and Grant, $11,000. Grant refuses to make any further contributions to the partnership. Ignore the effects of federal partnership tax law. After losses were allocated to the partners' capital accounts and all liabilities were paid, the partnership's sole asset was $106,000 in cash. How much would Elgar receive on dissolution of the partnership? a. $37,000b. $40,000c. $47,500d. $50,000

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  1. 19 April, 04:36
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    The answer is: Edgar will receive $37,000

    Explanation:

    Dowd's share of the company's losses is $80,000 Edgar's share of the company's losses is $60,000 Frost's share of the company's losses is $40,000 Grant's share of the company's losses is $20,000

    But since Grant is not willing to give more money to the partnership to cover his losses, the $9,000 difference must be divided by the remaining three partners. So they will divide Grant's losses as follows:

    Dowd's share of the Grant's losses is $3,600 Edgar's share of the Grant's losses is $2,700 Frost's share of the Grant's losses is $1,800

    Then you add up all the losses the three remaining partners had:

    Dowd' total losses $83,600 Edgar's total losses $62,700 Frost's total losses $21,800

    So when the partnership was dissolved, Edgar should have received $100,000 (capital) - $62,700 (total losses) = $37,200

    I selected answer A since they probably rounded down Edgar's share to $37,000 (nearest possible choice).
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