Answer:
A. Recent environmental research reveals that the dust from the limestone quarrying site has severely contaminated the water at a nearby lake.
Explanation:
The limestone production results in huge social effects like, noise pollution, soil pollution, which affects lives of people. And since the manufacturers or producers of limestone do not care about the social results of such production, they shall be liable to pay huge taxes.
As for this, the cause as stated in statement A is absolutely suitable.
Also the prices are more in this area even after so much of social destruction.
Accordingly high taxes as a penalty for such social destruction shall be charged.
Answer:
Explanation:
regulates the flow of traffic entering freeways according to current traffic conditions.
Answer:
The gross profit margin of Candy Company is 65% (second option)
Explanation:
The gross profit margin is defined as:
Mg = (sales - costs) / price of sales
If for Candy Company the cost are $112,000 and sales $320,000 then the gross profit margin is:
Mg = ($320,000- $112,000) * 100% / $320,000 =
Mg = $208,000 * 100% / $320,000 = 0.65 * 100%
Mg = 0.65 * 100%
Mg = 65%
Answer:
d. 0; unrelated.
Explanation:
Cross elasticity of demand is the degree of responsiveness of demand for a particular product to a change in the price of another product.
A change in price of a product will lead to a change in demand for another product if the two goods are either goods of close substitutes or if they are complements. If two goods are not related, the change in price of one will not have any impact on the demand for the other good.
In this question, the cross elasticity is zero because biro and pencil are not related.
