Economics Over the last couple of weeks‚ there has been a lot of valuable information about what economics is and how it works through the presentations and the guest speakers.. Economics is basically the understanding of how different economies function. Economics is the study of how to best allocate scarce resources among competing uses. Scarcity in the economy is the main problem. There are not enough resources to keep up with the demand for them. Within the discipline of economics‚ there
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Managerial Economics Home Work-I Solutions 1. The Potomac Range Corporation manufactures a line of microwave ovens costing $500 each. Its sales have averaged about 6‚000 units per month during the past year. In August‚ Potomac’s closest competitor‚ Spring City Stove Works‚ cut its price for a closely competitive model from $600 to $450. Potomac noticed that its sales volume declined to 4‚500 units per month after Spring City announced its price cut. a. What is the arc cross elasticity of demand between
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Final Exam Case Study: Company Q’s Troubled Waters By: Robert F. J. Gleadall‚ R.E.T. Project Management‚ BTE-3420 Instructor: Rhonda Betker‚ MBA‚ PMP January 25‚ 2014 Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) Final Exam Case Study: Company Q’s Troubled Waters Introduction In 2008‚ all of the Fortune 500 companies are having a great year because of the strong economy. One of the companies benefiting from this
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Distinctive voices are created through the engagement and persuasion of the audience through the imaginative operation of the composers language. Though different in specific aims‚ Martin Luther King’s (MLK‚ 1963) “I have a dream”‚ John F Kennedy’s (JFK) inaugural address (1961)‚ Jessie Street’s “Is it to be back to the kitchen” (1944) and Adolf Hitler’s “Germany could no longer remain idle” (1939)‚ they are analogous through their dedicational intention to create peace and protect human rights‚
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A resource based economy is a holistic socio-economic system in which all goods are available without the use of money and its derivitives. All resources become the common heritage of all of the inhabitants. It would utilize existing resources to enhance the lives of the total population by producing all necessities of life and providing a high standard of living for all. It uses technology to overcome scarce resources by applying clean sources of energy‚ cybernation‚ designing energy-efficient
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Practice Exam 2 1. Short Stay Surgery uses a job costing system for all patients who have surgery. The clinic uses a normal costing system with operating hours as the allocation base. For the month of March‚ estimated total operating hours in the surgery suits were 3‚200 hours. The estimated overhead costs for the suites were $640‚000. Patient Sarah Handy was in surgery for 2.5 hours. Other costs related to Handy’s surgery include: Patient medicine $ 50
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Managerial Economics HW #4 (Chapter 5) 1.A firm can manufacture a product according to the production function Q F(K‚ L) K3/4L1/4 a. Calculate the average product of labor‚ APL‚ when the level of capital is fixed at 16 units and the firm uses 16 units of labor. How does the average product of labor change when the firm uses 81 units of labor? Saat (Capital) K = 16 (Labour) L = 16 Q = (16)0‚75(16)0‚25 Q = (8)(2) = 16 APL =Q/L =16/16=1. Saat K= 16 Q= 81 Q = (16)0‚75(81)0‚25 Q = (8)(3)
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L100 EXAM CASE STUDY “THE 56TH ARMORED BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM” Captain Malik Douglas L100: Exam Case Study July 5‚ 2015 The return to the 56th Armored Brigade Combat Team (56th ABCT) as the Deputy Commanding Officer (DCO)‚ has afforded me the opportunity to integrate back into my old unit and reacquaint with great soldiers and officers. The 56th ABCT recently returned from a challenging fifteen month deployment in Afghanistan and is now experiencing additional challenges in their
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Name Instructor Course Date Case Study In the case study provided‚ Westport Electric Company seems to be having serious budgetary problems. The selection‚ planning and implementation of various projects seem to be faulty. In this particular case‚ King who is the supervisor of the administrative staff budget staff section has raised a red alarm with regard to two recent budget approvals (Kieso 161). Background Information: Origin and Magnitude of the Problem The operating activities of Westport Electric
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10% (amounts to $95‚000) cause the seller to adjust the price to $1‚005‚000 and $1‚045‚000. This is above the value placed by the buyer. As such‚ the transaction does not go through. | | | | | * Question 3 1 out of 1 points | | | Economic profits are: Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | b. [Total Sales Revenue] - [Market Value of all the Resources Employed in the Production Process] | Correct Answer: | b. [Total Sales Revenue] - [Market Value of all the Resources Employed
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