When Toyota introduced its 2010 Prius, it announced that the average retail price of the 2010 model would be lower than the average retail price was for the equivalent 2009 model. Which of the following would explain the price differential? A) The demand for the Prius had increased, and the supply of the Prius had decreased. B) The supply of the Prius had decreased, and the demand for the Prius remained unchanged. C) The demand for the Prius had decreased, and the supply of the Prius had increased D) The demand for the Prius had increased, and the supply of the Prius remained unchanged.

Consider the scenario below and let us know if you believe lauren smith's actions to be ethical. let us know why or why not. lauren smith is the controller for sports central, a chain of sporting goods stores. she has been asked to recommend a site for a new store. lauren has an uncle who owns a shopping plaza in the area of town where the new store is to be located, so she decides to contact her uncle about leasing space in his plaza. lauren also contacted several other shopping plazas and malls, but her uncle’s store turned out to be the most economical place to lease. therefore, lauren recommended locating the new store in her uncle’s shopping plaza. in making her recommendation to management, she did not disclose that her uncle owns the shopping plaza. if management decided to go with lauren's uncle's plaza, what additional information would be needed in the financial statements?