1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
ehidna [41]
3 years ago
10

Because colgate owns patent number 5,547,091, only colgate sells toothpaste with a flip-top cap, while others use the more tradi

tional screw top. a patent probably wasn't a necessary incentive for colgate to develop the flip-top cap, so why did it patent the cap? to increase consumer demand for toothpaste to establish market power to decrease fixed costs to decrease the marginal cost of production
Business
1 answer:
zhuklara [117]3 years ago
4 0
They patented the flip-top cap most likely to ensure that only their toothpaste products can be dispensed in a quick and easy manner that would not be of added inconvenience to the user. The contents of the toothpaste tube can also be easily properly secured unlike screw caps which could be misplaced. 
You might be interested in
Pete Morton is planning to go to graduate school in a program of study that will take three years. Pete wants to have $13,000 av
podryga [215]

Answer:

$34,116

Explanation:

To determine how much Pete would should save, we have to determine the present value of $13,000

Present value is the sum of discounted cash flows

present value can be calculated with a financial calculator

Cash flow each year from year 1 to 3 = $13,000

I = 7%

Present value = $34,116

To find the PV using a financial calculator:

1. Input the cash flow values by pressing the CF button. After inputting the value, press enter and the arrow facing a downward direction.

2. after inputting all the cash flows, press the NPV button, input the value for I, press enter and the arrow facing a downward direction.  

3. Press compute  

7 0
3 years ago
EcoMart establishes a $1,050 petty cash fund on May 2. On May 30, the fund shows $312 in cash along with receipts for the follow
fredd [130]

EcoMart establishes General Journal

May 2

Dr Petty cash 1050

Cr Cash 1050

May 30

Dr Merchandise inventory 120

Dr Postage expense 359

Dr Miscellaneous expenses 240

Dr Cash short and over 9

Cr Cash728

June 1

Dr Petty cash 150

Cr Cash 150

Workings:

May 30,Merchandise inventory 120+ Postage expense 359+ Miscellaneous expenses 240+ Cash short and over 9 = $728

June 1

1050-1200= 150

7 0
3 years ago
The market risk, beta, of a security is equal to Group of answer choices the variance of the security's returns divided by the c
GaryK [48]

Answer:

the covariance between the security's return and the market return divided by the variance of the market's returns

Explanation:

The market risk, beta of the security would be equivalent to the

Beta = Cov(rm, rs) ÷  Var(rm)

Rm denotes  market return

rs denotes security return

Cov denotes covariance

Var denotes variance

Hence, the second option is correct

And, the rest of the options are wrong

3 0
3 years ago
12. Hector works in a gas station and earns $8.60 per hour. Last week he
dangina [55]
I could be wrong but his gross pay is 249.4
5 0
3 years ago
Sunrise foods has been developing a new line of meatless breakfast sandwiches. Sunrise has identified a market segment and, thro
musickatia [10]

Answer:

Responsiveness

Explanation:

Segmentatiom is the process by which a business targets a group of customers based on shared characteristics which may include education, income, age, race, location, and so on.

Responsiveness is the stage of segmentatiom where the appeal of the product to customers are tested. It is a very important stage. If customers don't respond positively to a product the aim of targeting them is defeated.

Sunrise foods used surveys and blind taste tests to guage the responsiveness of the segment to the new line of meatless breakfast sandwiches. The result was a favourable reaction from the segment to the new product offering.

3 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Blue Company owns 80 percent of the common stock of White Corporation. During the year, Blue reported sales of $1,000,000, and W
    12·1 answer
  • Brenda wants to buy a new car and has a budget of $25,000. she has just found a magazine that assigns each car an index for styl
    10·1 answer
  • Juan is always researching different investment options. A few weeks ago he noticed some nice homes for sale in his neighborhood
    7·2 answers
  • Weight-Gone offers a guaranteed weight loss of 8 pounds in one week without dieting or exercise. Thousands of customers purchase
    13·1 answer
  • Giselle wants to buy a condo that has a purchase price of $163,000. Giselle earns $2,986 a month and wants to spend no more than
    8·1 answer
  • What is one advantage corporations have over other types of businesses?
    10·1 answer
  • ASAP! Giving brainliest for CORRECT awnser.
    15·2 answers
  • Rick works off commission. He earns 10 percent of all manufacturing equipment he sells. If he made a sale of $9,000, how much wa
    6·1 answer
  • Select the correct answer
    10·2 answers
  • Can you identify the assumptions that we have made in order to create the production possibilities frontier model?
    13·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!