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constructive direction.</span>
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
A. Profit-seeking multinational companies shift their production from countries with strong environmental standards to countries with weak standards, thus reducing their costs and increasing their profits.
D. self-sufficiency argument.
Explanation:
In the case when there is a race to the bottom scenario so it would be described that the multinational companies that are profit seeking is shifting their production from that countries who have the strong environmental standards to the weak standard countries so that the order would be decreased due to this the profit would increase
In the other case, when the nation is not too much depend on other countries for supplies so this case we called as self-sufficiency argument as they managed themselves rather depending on another 
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Answer:
Average rate of return= 10.17
%
Geometric return = 9.23%
Explanation:
<em>Geometric average return</em>
This is compounded annual rate of return which is used to measure the performance of an asset over a certain number of years. It helps to measure the return generated by an investment taking into account the volatility .
Unlike the arithmetic average the geometric average gives an idea of the real rate taking into account of volatility
The formula below
Geometric Return =(1+r1) (1+r2) ...... (1+rn)^1/n
Geometric Average return =  
(1.12× 1.19× 1.21× 0.88× 1.26× 0.95)^(1/6) - 1 =0.09233168
Geometric return =0.0923
× 100= 9.23%
Geometric return = 9.23%
Average rate of return
<em>The average return is the sum of the returns over the years dividend by the Numbers of returns</em>
Average return = sum of return / No of returns
(12% + 19% + 21% + (12%) + 26% + (5%))/6 =10.17
%
Average rate of return= 10.17
%
Geometric return = 9.23%
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
$807,500
Explanation:
First determine the cost per unit (U) as a function of cost of materials (M):
M = 2 * $2.00 = $4.00
And cost of labor and overhead (L):
L = 2.7*($20.00+$10.00)
L= $81.00
Total cost per unit is:
U = M + L = $4.00+ $81.00
U = $85.00
The estimate cost of goods sold for the month of May (C) is the product of the cost per unit by the number of units sold during the month (9,500):
C= $85.00*9,500
C= $807,500
Therefore, the estimated cost of goods sold for May is closest to $807,500