Answer:
D) a rise in price
Explanation:
At the equilibrium point, the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied are the same. There is no excess shortage or supply in both demand and supply. 
A shortage occurs when suppliers are not able to meet the market demand. Here, demand is the quantity that buyers are willing to buys at a specific price over time.  As per the law of demand, high product price causes demand to decrease while low price results in increased demand.
A shortage of a product means its demand is high. Many buyers are willing to buy the commodity at the current price.  As per the law of demand, a price increase will result in reduced demand and achieve equilibrium.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
156
Explanation:
 78
× 2
 multiply the 2 by 8 first 
then multiply the 7 by 2 
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
The answer is d. payment to hire a security worker to guard the gate to the factory around the clock.
Explanation:
Let re-visit to the concept of Fixed cost before applying to the questions. 
Fixed costs are costs which are unchanged given changes in production level.
a. payment to a electric utility is not fixed cost because higher level of production required higher electricity consumption which leads to higher cost of electricity.
b. cost of raw material is not fixed cost because the higher the production level, the higher the raw material required for production.
c. wages to hire assembly line workers is not fixed cost because the higher the production level, the more workers required and the higher the wages will be.
d. payment to hire a security worker to guard the gate to the factory around the clock is fixed cost because regardless of the production level, the security worker will work for the same amount of time and receive the same level of payment as his workload is much likely to remain the same.
So, d is the correct choice.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
a
Explanation:
'Low-cost leadership' can be a competitive advantage as a company can sustain this advantage over a period of time and until it is producing economies of scale
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
≈ 25%
Explanation:
Given data:
Cpk = 0.22 
Determine The percentage of production that falls beyond the specification limit ( assuming normal distribution ) 
first calculate the value of Z ; 
Cpk = Z /3 
hence Z = Cpk * 3 = 0.22 * 3 = 0.66
The percentage of the production can be determined by 
( 1 - value obtained from the standard normal table for the value of Z =0.66 )
1 - 0.7454 = 0.2546  ≈ 25%