Answer:
A. Inelastic
B. a less than 10% increase in quantity supplied
Explanation:
A supply is inelastic when a percentage change in quantity supplied is less than percentage change in price.
A supply is inelastic if the price elascitiy is less than 1.
Answer: No. She turns away business when the cost of an additional unit exceeds the income from it.
Explanation:
In order to maximize production, the optimal point at which Hester should wash cars is the point where marginal revenue equals marginal cost. Marginal cost should not be above marginal revenue because it would mean that a marginal loss is being made.
At the 101st car, Hester would make a marginal loss of $0.05 because the cost of $10.05 to wash exceeds the revenue of $10.00 that she charges the customer. She should therefore not accept this or additional business because it will lead to her incurring losses.
Answer:
$165,000
Explanation:
Free cash flow is the net cash cash flow available for the shareholders or for the reinvestment after paying all capital expenditure.
The Depreciation is already adjusted in the Cash Flow from operating activities.
Free Cash Flow = Cash Flow from operating activities - Dividend payment - Capital expenditure
Free Cash Flow = $335,000 - $60,000 - $110,000 = $165,000
Current and Long term liabilities has nothing to do in free cash flow calculations.
Answer:
a, The PPF intersect the Y-axis at 1000 units of luxury goods
The PPF intersect the X-axis at 500 units of necessity good
It means that when the society produces zero units of necessity, it can produce 1000 units of luxury goods and if they use all resources to produce necessity, they can produce 500 units only
b. The economy can produce at a point inside the curve IF (1) There is underutilized of the available resources. (2) There is inefficiency in the use of resources
c. I will want to produce more necessity than luxury. The decision on which point the society will want to be depend on the type of economic system being practiced by my society, if it is free market, the price system will determine it and for a socialist system, the government decides.
d. If I am a dictator, I will make decrees as to the economic direction I want for the society and where the product distribution is left to the free market, the price system decides.
Explanation:
The production possibility frontier is a graph that shows the trade-off between two commodities which a country can be assumed to produce. An economy can operate on the PPF in which case it is using its resources to the fullest. It can operate inside the curve which means under-utilization of resources or inefficiency in resources utilization. A country cannot operate outside the curve except there is technological progress or economic growth.
Answer:
D. C
Explanation:
As Downtown Coffee Roasters is a premium cafe which is reputed for its superior customer service. The coffee shop also serves gourmet food to its customers, which allows it to charge a premium price. Whereas, Budget Beans is a chain of coffee shops that charges the lowest price in the industry due to its self-service policy. However, Perky's Coffee Inc. has found a balance between these two strategic groups by using automated ordering to free up its employees to work as master baristas and bakers, thus focusing on creating excellent products. It charges a price slightly above that of Budget Beans. In this scenario, Perky's Coffee is following a blue ocean strategy. In blue ocean strategy, organizations pursuit differentiation and low cost at the same time simultaneously which Perky's Coffee Inc. is doing here in this case. Perky's has created a totally new demand by following this strategy quite successfully and has made the competition totally and almost irrelevant.
