Q1. Of the following production functions‚ which exhibit increasing‚ constant‚ or decreasing returns to scale? a. F(K‚L) = K2 L b. F(K‚L)=10K + 5L c. F(K‚L)= KL.5 Q2. Suppose the process of producing lightweight parkas by Polly’s Parkas is described by the function q=10K8 (L-40).2 Where q is the number of parkas produced‚ K the n umber of computerized stitching-machine hours and L the number of person-hours of labor. In addition to capital and labor‚ $10 worth of raw materials
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Estimated liabilities are a known obligation that is of an uncertain amount but that can be reasonable estimated. Common examples are employee benefits such as pensions‚ heath care and vacation pay‚ and warranties offered by a seller (Fundamental Accounting Principles‚ Chapter 11‚ Pg 437). When a firm sells products or renders services with a warranty‚ the firms has an obligation towards the customer when the warranty is honored. The warranty liability is an estimate of the obligations. Hence‚ a
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HARPO Productions Inc. is a privately held company and it was founded by Oprah Winfrey and her lawyer Jeff Jacobs in 1986; a production company that used her first name spelled backwards. In 1988‚ the company took full charge of Winfrey’s show. It also includes HARPO Films and HARPO Radio‚ Inc. The facilities are on the city’s Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago and with additional offices in Los Angeles. In 1990s‚ “This Company had annual revenues of about $150 million with the number employees
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30) 1. Company A’s costs are mostly variable‚ whereas Company B’s costs are mostly fixed. When sales increase‚ which company will tend to realize the greatest increase in profits? Explain. 2. Crystal Telecom has budgeted the sales of its innovative mobile phone over the next four months as follows: Sales in Units July. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30‚000 August . . . . . . . . . . . 45‚000 September . . . . . . . . 60‚000 October . . . . . . . . . . 50‚000 The company is now in the
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Chapter 05 Production and Cost Essay Questions 1. Always Round Tire has a production function of Q = 300 L.75 K.5. In the short run‚ if L = 250 and K = 25‚ what happens to the output of tires if L jumps to 300 and then 350. What law does this illustrate? When L=250 and K=25 then Q=94307. When L increases to 300‚ Q increases to 108‚127. When L increases to 350‚ Q increases to 121‚379. This shows the effects of diminishing marginal returns to labor as a factor of production. AASCB:
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– I Year Name: Date: Topic: Production Possibilities & Opportunity Cost 1. The slope of the production possibility frontier shows A. the technically efficient combinations of the two goods B. how factor inputs must be changed to keep them fully employed C. the opportunity cost of one good in terms of the other D. how consumers are willing to trade one good for another 2. A. OM B. OH C. YF D. MH 3. Which of the following will not shift a country’s production possibilities
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Production and Cost Analysis Please read this article and answer the questions keeping in mind the information we have covered in the textbook: Fundamentals of Managerial Economics by Mark Hirschey (at least a good paragraph for each question) Article #1: Supersizing Hits Freight World By JENNIFER LEVITZ AUGUST 15‚ 2010‚ The Wall Street Journal When Kraft Foods Inc. packs trucks with weighty items such as jars of Miracle Whip and pouches of Capri Sun juice‚ 40% of the rigs must leave the loading
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Lecture on Production and Cost of Production Basic Economics Production is the transformation of inputs into outputs. Production Function shows the relationship between quantities of various inputs that can be produced with those inputs per unit of time expressed in a table‚ graph or an equation. Q = f (K ‚L) given a technology Where: K = Capital and L = Labor Periods of Production 1. Short – run – the use of at the least one factor of production cannot be changed‚ or there are
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Bath Spa Univesity PERCIEVED INTELLIGENT QUOTIENT REPORT Abstract Researchers (Beloff‚ 1992; Byrd and Stacey‚ 1993) evidenced that male self–estimated IQ scores were higher than those of women. Similarly‚ Hogan‚ (1978) carried out a related study and found that male IQ self-estimates were higher compared to those of women. Hogan also noted that both men and women awarded higher IQ scores to their fathers than their mothers. In addition‚ Hogan also noted that females awarded their
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Cost accounting and the lean production philosophy By Tyrone Williams AIU Online September1‚ 2012 Abstract As Dr. Stephanie White prepares to cope with the a steep reduction in the budgetary allocation to the Uptown Clinic she must carefully determine which areas to cut while striving to maintain current levels of service. This essay will offer advice Dr. White on preparing for budget cuts. It will also discuss the lean production philosophy and how this compares with typical production
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