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A company was harvesting diseased trees in a remote British Columbia forest, treating them, and then selling them to woodworkers. The company had purchased 2,500 hectares of forest for $2,500,000, and expected to harvest 100 trees from each hectare. In their first year of operations they harvested 23,500 trees. In the second year, after harvesting 15,000 more trees they sold the property for $2,200,000. What was the gain or loss on the sale?Select answer from the options below$300,000 lossno gain or loss; they broke even$85,000 gain$85,000 loss

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A company was harvesting diseased trees in a remote British Columbia forest, treating them, and then selling them to woodworkers. The company had purchased 2,500 hectares of forest for 2,500,000,andexpectedtoharvest100treesfromeachhectare.Intheirfirstyearofoperationstheyharvested23,500trees.Inthesecondyear,afterharvesting15,000moretreestheysoldthepropertyfor2,500,000, and expected to harvest 100 trees from each hectare. In their first year of operations they harvested 23,500 trees. In the second year, after harvesting 15,000 more trees they sold the property for 2,200,000. What was the gain or loss on the sale?Select answer from the options below300,000lossnogainorloss;theybrokeeven300,000 lossno gain or loss; they broke even85,000 gain$85,000 loss

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The company initially purchased the forest for 2,500,000andlatersolditfor2,500,000 and later sold it for 2,200,000. To find the gain or loss, we subtract the selling price from the purchase price.

2,500,000(purchaseprice)2,500,000 (purchase price) - 2,200,000 (selling price) = $300,000

Therefore, the company incurred a 300,000lossonthesaleoftheproperty.So,thecorrectansweris"300,000 loss on the sale of the property. So, the correct answer is "300,000 loss".

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