ECO 550 Week 5 Problems Chapter 9 and 10 Chapter 9 3. A study of the costs of electricity generation for a sample of 56 British firms in 1946–1947 yielded the following long-run cost function:16 AVC = 1.24 + .0033Q + .0000029Q2 − .000046QZ − .026Z + .00018Z2 where AVC = average variable cost (i.e.‚ working costs of generation)‚ measured in pence per kilowatt-hour (kWh). (A pence was a British monetary unit equal‚ at that time‚ to 2 cents U.S.) Q = output; measured in millions of kWh per
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Check Your Understanding Week 5 (ANSWERS) o Chapter 9: Problems 3‚ 4‚ and 5 3. Electrical generation study of 56 British firms: a. VC = AVC(Q) VC = 1.24Q + .0033Q2 + .0000029Q3 − .000046Q2Z − .026QZ + .00018QZ2 b. MC = 1.24 + .0066Q + .0000087Q2 − .000092QZ − .026Z + .00018Z2 c. Z = 150(thousand) kilowatts SRAVC = 1.24 + .0033Q + .0000029Q2 − .000046Q(150) − .026(150) + .00018(150)2 SRAVC = 1.39 − .0036Q + .0000029Q2 SRMC = 1.24 + .0066Q + .0000087Q2 − .000092Q(150) −
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co 550 Assignment 3 Assignment 3 1. Some games of strategy are cooperative. One example is deciding which side of the road to drive on. It doesn’t matter which side it is as long as everyone chooses the same side. Otherwise‚ everyone may get hurt. a. Does either player have a dominant strategy? Explain. I don’t believe that either player has a dominant strategy. Dominant strategy is “a strategy that results in the best outcome or highest payoff to a given player no matter what action
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ECO 550 WEEK 6 CHAPTER 11 AND CHAPTER 12 PROBLEMS download here Chapter 11 2. Ajax Cleaning Products is a medium-sized firm operating in an industry dominated by one large firm Tile King. Ajax produces a multi-headed tunnel wall scrubber that is similar to a model produced by Tile King. Ajax decides to charge the same price as Tile King to avoid the possibility of a price war. The price charged by Tile King is $20‚000. Ajax has the following short-run cost curve: ‚000 - 5‚000Q + 100Q2. A. Computer
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Practice Exam Questions and Answers 1. The Widget Co. purchased new machinery three years ago for $4 million. The machinery can be sold to the Roman Co. today for $2 million. The Widget Co.’s current balance sheet shows net fixed assets of $2‚500‚000‚ current liabilities of $1‚375‚000‚ and net working capital of $725‚000. If all the current assets were liquidated today‚ the company would receive $1.9 million in cash. The book value of the Widget Co.’s assets today is _____ and the market value
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Check Your Understanding Week 4 Chapter 7: Problems 1‚ 6‚ 8‚ and 9 Chapter 7 Production Economics ___________________________ Solutions to Exercises 1. Deep Creek Mining Company: Complete the table. a. L TPX (=Q) MPX = ΔQ/ΔX APX = Q/X 0 0 --- --- 1 3 3 3.00 2 6 3 3.00 3 16 10 5.33 4 29 13 7.25 5 43 14 8.60 6 55 12 9.17 7 58 3 8.29 8 60 2 7.50 9 59 −1 6.56 10 56 −3 5.60 b. c. Stage I: 0 − 6
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Each problem/question is worth 3 points. Please label your answers with the correct chapter and problem in the submission area. • Chapter 1: Exercises 2‚ 3‚ and 6 • Chapter 2: Exercises 1‚ 5‚ and 6 Chapter 1: Exercises 2‚ 3‚ and 6 2.Shareholders want high long-term profits. Managers want job security and wonderful perks and amenities. Since risk and return tend to be positively related‚ managers may wish to avoid risks that shareholders want the managers to undertake. To encourage managers
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Daniel Whalen 02/18/2013 Cost Accounting: Professor Joseph Homework Chapter 4 20 1) Indirect Cost Pools Machining Department Assembly Department Manufacturing Overhead Manufacturing Overhead Cost Allocation Base Machine Hours Direct Manufacturing Labor Costs Cost Object: Product Indirect Costs Direct Costs Direct Costs Direct Materials Direct Manufacturing Labor Budgeted Manufacturing Overhead Rate: Machining Department=$36 per hour
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Eco-labelling and Accreditation are effective means of ensuring that tourism organisations adhere to the principles of sustainability? Tourism industry is ‘a consumer of resources’ which ‘represents an insidious form of consumptive activity’ (McKercher 1993 cited in Fyall and Garrod 1997‚ p.51). Governments of different countries are now seeking for different ways to prevent further exhaustion of natural resources that was caused by tourism activities and developments. The Green Globe programme
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Florida International University ECO 4933 Topics in Theory – Fall 2014 Homework #1 – Due date 09/25/14 – Answer Key Notice: Print your homework in a letter size sheet. Make sure to include your personal information. If your homework is more than two sheets long number and staple them together. Handwritten submissions are not accepted. 1. Consider a consumer with cuasi-linear preferences represented by the utility function: U c‚ g c 3 g where c is a private good and g is a pure public good
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