On September 10, Harrin, Inc., a new car dealer, placed a newspaper advertisement stating that Harrin would sell 10 cars at its showroom for a special discount only on September 12, 13, and 14. On September 12, King called Harrin and expressed an interest in buying one of the advertised cars. King was told that five of the cars had been sold and that King should come to the showroom as soon as possible. On September 13, Harrin made a televised announcement that the sale would end at 10:00 p. m. that night. King went to Harrin’s showroom on September 14 and demanded the right to buy a car at the special discount. Harrin had sold the 10 cars and refused King’s demand. King sued Harrin for breach of contract. Harrin’s best defense to King’s suit would be that Harrin’s:.

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On july 1, 2016, killearn company acquired 103,000 of the outstanding shares of shaun company for $21 per share. this acquisition gave killearn a 40 percent ownership of shaun and allowed killearn to significantly influence the investee's decisions. as of july 1, 2016, the investee had assets with a book value of $6 million and liabilities of $1,468,500. at the time, shaun held equipment appraised at $140,000 above book value; it was considered to have a seven-year remaining life with no salvage value. shaun also held a copyright with a five-year remaining life on its books that was undervalued by $562,500. any remaining excess cost was attributable to goodwill. depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method. killearn applies the equity method for its investment in shaun. shaun's policy is to declare and pay a $1 per share cash dividend every april 1 and october 1. shaun's income, earned evenly throughout each year, was $580,000 in 2016, $606,600 in 2017, and $649,200 in 2018. in addition, killearn sold inventory costing $93,000 to shaun for $155,000 during 2017. shaun resold $97,500 of this inventory during 2017 and the remaining $57,500 during 2018.a. determine the equity income to be recognized by killearn during each of these years. 2016 2017 2018b. compute killearn’s investment in shaun company’s balance as of december 31, 2018.