Ed owns investment land with an adjusted basis of $35,000. polly has offered to purchase the land from ed for $175,000 for use in a real estate development. the amount offered by polly is $10,000 in excess of what ed perceives as the fair market value of the land. ed would like to dispose of the land to polly but does not want to incur the tax liability that would result. he identifies an office building with a fair market value of $175,000 that he would like to acquire. polly purchases the office building and then exchanges the office building for ed’s land.

a.) calculate ed's realized and recognized gain on the exchange and his basis for the office building
b.) calculate polly's realized and recognized gain on the exchange and her basis in th eland.
--how do you determine if somethng is a recognized gain or loss?

10. problems and applications q10 a market is described by the following supply-and-demand curves: qsqs = = 2p2p qdqd = = 300â’p300â’p the equilibrium price is $ and the equilibrium quantity is . suppose the government imposes a price ceiling of $90. this price ceiling is , and the market price will be $ . the quantity supplied will be , and the quantity demanded will be . therefore, a price ceiling of $90 will result in . suppose the government imposes a price floor of $90. this price floor is , and the market price will be $ . the quantity supplied will be and the quantity demanded will be . therefore, a price floor of $90 will result in . instead of a price control, the government levies a tax on producers of $30. as a result, the new supply curve is: qsqs = = 2(pâ’30)2pâ’30 with this tax, the market price will be $ , the quantity supplied will be , and the quantity demanded will be . the passage of such tax will result in .