Answer: PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION
Explanation:
This is a marketing strategy that some companies employ whereby they aim to distinguish their products from that of competitors by giving it certain features that expound on its strength in the market.
This strategy can create a competitive advantage for goods that will ensure that the company maintains a dominant place in the market.
Answer:
a) it will do 210,000 units of standard
b) 127,500 units of standard
19,000 units of deluxe
Explanation:
Standard Deluxe
Sales 115 135
Variable Cost 50 54
CM 165 189
Constrain resource 0.5 1.5
(machine hours)
CM per constrain 330.00 126.00
a)
As the company can use up to 105,000 machine hours It will use as much as it can in doing Standard model which yield a better contribution of the constrain resource.
105,000 machine hours available / 0.5 hours per standard unit = 210,000 units
As there are 230,000 untis available for Standard we can use the entire capacity for standard and achieve the maximum contribution
b) as there isn't enough demand for standard the compay will do the 127,500 and the rest fill it with deluxe:
105,000 hours - 127,500 x 0.5 = 28,500 hours for deluxe
28,500 / 1.5 hours per unt = 19,000 units for deluxe
Answer:
Loan amount = $184,193.95
Explanation:
Interest will remain same each year. Interest per year = 200,000*10% = $20,000
Installment $21,215.85
Less: Interest <u>$20,000</u>
Payment to Principal <u>$1,215.85</u>
Total principal repaid in 13 years = $1,215.85 * 13 years = $15,806.05
So, the principal left = $200,000 - $15,806.05 = $184,193.95
Explanation:
Let’s explore one by one as proposed:
An oil cartel raises oil prices: all prices in the oil-related products will increase making it more expensive for companies to be able to afford employees. As the US economy is heavily based on oil import and consumption, the unemployment rate (let´s call it UR from now on) would increase. Countries that export more than import could benefit from this scenario.
The U.S. dollar gains value against foreign currencies: It would be more expensive to produce goods in the US as its currency becomes stronger. Hence companies could choose to produce overseas, increasing the UR. One of the factors that attract investments is a cheap currency, meaning that a company could operate there at lower costs than anywhere else.
American consumers expect higher income in the future: As fights about average salary would arise between employees and companies, igniting even sindicalization, its proper to think that the same as above could occur; companies could choose to produce overseas in countries less demanding of labor rights and income, such as China provinces (I would recommend for you to watch American Factory, a awarded Netflix documentary about that subject).
Brazil experiences economic growth and increases its demand for U.S. exports: as I said in the first alternative, a country that has increased or more expensive exports could benefit from that creating more jobs, in this case decreasing the UR. If Brazil demands more US products, more has to be produced by the country, which would mean more people employed in this attractive sector.
U.S. real estate values rise: to be honest, it only affects indirectly. As housing becomes more expensive, people have to work more to be able to afford housing. That would mean they seeking better-paying jobs or in the absence of those being homeless of at least unable to buy a home. We could argue that the UR would decrease because it becomes more expensive to afford housing and hence people would migrate more but that’s a long shot rationale.
Answer:
$52
$ 1.33
- consumer price will increase
- consumer surplus will decrease
- import will decrease
- reduced export
- portends gloom for the general outlook for the economy
Explanation:
Given domestic demand curve, S(p) = 20p⁻⁰°⁵
the domestic supply curve S(p)= 5p⁰°⁵
world price is $7.00
using calculus to determine the changes in consumer surplus
by consumer surplus means in this case supply exceeds demand
we establish the equilibrium point where the supply and demand functions meet or are equal
solving 20p⁻⁰°⁵ = 5p⁰°⁵
20/5 = p⁰°⁵/p⁻⁰°⁵
4 = p⁰°⁵⁺⁰°⁵
4= p = q which is the quantity produced
consumer surplus = maximum price willing to pay - Actual price
= ∫⁴₀ dp dp - p* q
= ∫⁴₀20p⁻⁰°⁵ dp- 7* 4
= 20∫⁴₀p⁻⁰°⁵ dp -28
= 20/0.5 p⁰°⁵- 28
= 40 *4⁰°⁵ - 28 = $52
producer surplus = it is a measure of producer welfare. It is measured as the difference between what producers are willing and able to supply a good for and the price they actually receive
thus producer surplus = p* q - ∫⁴₀ d(s) dp
= 7 * 4 - ∫⁴₀ 5p⁰°⁵ dp
= 28 - 5 ∫⁴₀ p⁰°⁵ dp
= 28 -5 *2/3 p¹°⁵
= 28 -5 *2/3 4¹°⁵
=$ 1.33
welfare from eliminating free trade
- consumer price will increase
- consumer surplus will decrease
- import will decrease
- reduced exports
- portends gloom for the general outlook for the economy
