Answer:
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Answer: Option (B) is correct.
Explanation:
Open market operations: In Open market operations, there is a buying and selling of government securities by the central bank of a nation. It is a monetary policy instrument that is used to control money supply in an economy. 
If Fed sells the government securities in the open market then as a result there is a transfer of from public to Fed. So, there is a fall in the money supply because banks lose liquidity. Now, banks are able to make fewer loans to the borrowers and checking deposits also decreases.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
Who am I trying to reach?
Explanation:
Targeting and segmentation is the process by which a company focuses marketing activities regarding a particular product to a defined customer profile.
Certain criteria like income, age, location, culture and so on can be used as a basis for segmentation.
Basically the question that segmentation and targeting answers is - Who am I trying to reach?
In the given scenario the bicycle repair company conducted segmentation research and then targeted their direct mail coupons for a first bike tune-up to that identified customer segment. 
So they answered who they want to sell to.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
1. Commercial banks 
2. Life insurance companies 
3.  Mutual funds 
Explanation:
commercial banks 
The commercial bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits and offer other services such as giving loans and other basic financial services to both individuals and organisations.  
Life insurance companies 
The life insurance companies are financial institutions that provide lump sums otherwise known as death benefits to beneficiaries  of their policy holders upon their demise, provided that premium is paid on regular basis. 
 Mutual fund 
A Mutual Fund is an investment vehicle made up of a pool of funds collected from numerous investors for the purpose of investing in securities such as stocks, bonds, money market instruments and similar assets. Mutual Funds are operated by professional fund managers, who invest the fund's capital and attempt to produce capital gains and income for the investors.  
One of the main advantages of Mutual Funds is they give small investors access to professionally managed, diversified portfolios of equities, bonds and other securities. Each shareholder, therefore, participates proportionally in the gain or loss of the fund.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
lower
Explanation:
A natural monopoly appears when there are high entry costs like large infrastructure costs or economies of scale where a company can provide the products at a lower costs than others which provides a big advantage to the firm in the market and makes it difficult for any potential competitor to be able to compete. According to that, the answer is that a natural monopoly exists when a single seller experiences lower average total costs than any potential competitor as this represents a barrier for the competitor to be able to enter the market.