I would say that the question "How can markets be kept competitive" would not be important for a communist or socialist society as production would not be to meet a world capitalist market price but would be for fulfilling the basic necessities of the people like healthcare and education and food and clothing as well as for mutually beneficial trade with other countries on an equitable basis.
Answer:
b. products that have identical attributes, such as frozen yogurt.
Explanation:
A monopoly is formed when a firm or a group of firms have a an unfair advantage in supplying a product and faces no competition while operating.
It is important to identify the market where the monopolist exists.
In the given scenario where Dairy Cream wants to merge with EZ Freeze Inc., its main competitor and a maker of ice cream and other frozen desserts. The merger will eliminate competition and the product market is defined under ice cream and products that have identical attributes, such as frozen yogurt.
Answer:
The company should accept the idea because profit will increase by $24,000.
Explanation:
A company is currently selling 10,000 units of product monthly for $40 per unit.
The unit contribution margin is $27.
The company believes that spending $50,000 per month on advertising will allow them to increase the selling price to $45 and that sales will increase by 750 units per month.
The unit contribution margin is the difference between selling price and variable cost per unit.
An increase in the selling price of $5 will cause the contribution margin to increase by $5, from $27 to $32.
Profits is the product of contribution margin and number of output.
At initial price, the profit was
= 
= $270,000
At the new price the profit will be
= 
- $50,000
= $344,000 - $50,000
= $294,000
The increase in profit
= $294,000 - $270,000
= $24,000
Answer:
Option D. We are 95% confident that the mean amount spent on electric service among the 160 households is between $151 and $216.
Explanation:
A confidence interval is a range of values, derived from the sample statistics, which may include the value of an unknown population parameter.
A 95% confidence interval indicates that between 152 of 160 samples (95%) of the same population will produce confidence intervals that will contain the population parameter.
It also means that we have a 95% confidence that the average (average amount) is among the resulting amounts obtained.
Logically, option "D" is missing the final part. This would be: D. We are 95% confident that the mean amount spent on electric service among the 160 households is between $ 15.
This is the only true option, since the test is based on a sample of only 160 households, the entire population of households cannot be included.
Hence, the correct option is:
Option D. We are 95% confident that the mean amount spent on electric service among the 160 households is between $151 and $216.
