What does our text conclude about falling prices in the housing market? Group of answer choices All of the listed choices are correct. When prices fall consistently and when prices fall as a result of falling construction costs, it will not decrease the current demand for houses. When prices rise and then fall in cycles, it will not negatively affect the current demand for houses if prices fall. Falling prices is only a good thing if it happens due to a decrease in the demand for houses. Falling prices in the housing market means that people expect the future price of houses to be lower; this negatively impacts the current demand for houses if prices fall consistently.

Vortex company operates a retail store with two departments. information about those departments follows. department a department b sales $ 800,000 $ 450,000 cost of goods sold 497,000 291,000 direct expenses salaries 125,000 88,000 insurance 20,000 10,000 utilities 24,000 14,000 depreciation 21,000 12,000 maintenance 7,000 5,000 the company also incurred the following indirect costs. salaries $36,000 insurance 6,000 depreciation 15,000 office expenses 50,000 indirect costs are allocated as follows: salaries on the basis of sales; insurance and depreciation on the basis of square footage; and office expenses on the basis of number of employees. additional information about the departments follows. department square footage number of employees a 28,000 75 b 12,000 50 required: 1. determine the departmental contribution to overhead and the departmental net income for department a and department b.