Answer:
If Jenny doesn’t earn any interest on her savings and wants to perfectly smooth consumption across her life, how much will she consume every year?
Jenny's total income during her life = income as tax analyst ($60,000 x 10) + income as PhD student ($12,000 x 5) + income as Art Director (35 x $95,000) = $3,985,000
she generated income during 50 years and expects to live 20 more, so in order to perfectly smooth consumption across her life, she must divide her total life income by 70 years = $3,985,000 / 70 years = $56,928.57 per year
What might prevent her from perfectly smoothing consumption?
First of all, besides inflation, you also earn interest on your savings. That is why 401k and other retirement accounts work so well (the magic of compound interest). Even if inflation and interests didn't exist, you cannot know exactly what you are going to earn in the future and for how many years. In this case, she earned $60,000 for 10 years, but then earned only $12,000 during 5 years. If she really wanted to smooth her consumption, she would have needed to get a loan because her savings during the first 10 years wouldn't be enough.
Please give the options in order for us to determine which is best.
Answer:
Total Manufacturing Cost = $96,347
Explanation:
Total manufacturing cost include all the costs related directly to the production, and does not include any indirect costs, or cost of selling and administration.
Thus, for the information provided we have,
Since not provided assumed no opening and closing inventory.
Total manufacturing cost =
Direct Labor Cost $30,000
Add: Manufacturing Overhead $42,000
Add: Materials Purchased $27,000
Less: Indirect Material included = ($2,653)
Total Manufacturing Cost = $96,347
Question: The demand function for widgets is given by D(P) = 16 − 2P. Compute the change inconsumer surplus when price of a widget increases for $1 to $3. Illustrate your result graphically
Answer:
For price of a widget equal to $1 consumer surplus is
D(1) = 16 - 2(1) = 14
CS₁ = ½ × (8 – 1) × D(1) = ½ × 7 × 14 = 49.
When price is equal to $3 consumer surplus is
D(3) = 16 - 2(3) = 10
CS₃ = ½ × (8 – 3) × D(3) = ½ × 5 × 10 = 25
Price elasticity of demand is defined by Change in Quantity demanded / Change in Price.
Tom ordered 10 gallons of gas without asking about the price. This means that no matter the price, Tom orders the same quantity of gas (quantity demanded does not change with price). His demand is perfectly inelastic, or 0.
Jerry orders $10 worth of gas. This means that no matter how much it gives him, Jerry will pay $10. The price elasticity of demand depends on how much the price changes by.
For example, if price doubles from $5/gal to $10/gal, demand falls by 50% (2 gallons to 1 gallon), making his price elasticity -0.5
If the price increase 10% from $10/gal to $10.10/gal, demand falls 1% from 1 gal to .99 gallons, making his price elasticity -0.1
