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3 years ago

In economics, the phrase "There is no such thing as a free lunch" means what?

Business

1 answer:

DENIUS [597]3 years ago

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Answer:

C) .There are always resources that must be given up to produce and consume the lunch.

Explanation:

The phrase means that in economics, there is nothing that is genuinely free. Every decision has a cost implication that has to be meant by somebody. In the example of a free lunch, there is still a cost to be met. Even if a client is not charged for the food, the restaurant owner has to pay for labor and the materials used to prepare the lunch.

The phrase implies that all economic decisions have a cost behind them. Anyone offering anything for free must have a plan of recovering their costs.

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Answer:

B) induces buyers to consume less, and sellers to produce less.

Explanation:

Taxes are a necessary evil since they always increase the price of the goods and services that consumers buy and decrease the amount of money that producers receive from selling their goods and services. But taxes are necessary and unavoidable.

But once a market assumes all the effects of existing taxes it reaches an equilibrium price that both consumers and producers are satisfied with. If a new tax is levied than the deadweight losses are greater since consumer surplus and producer surplus are both reduced. This will lead to a reduction in the incentive that both consumers and producers have to engage in transactions. Many times consumers will substitute heavily taxed goods for other goods since they feel they are getting more from consuming those goods (consumer surplus). The same happens to producers, many producers will change their heavily taxed goods for other goods.

If the price elasticity of demand or supply of a certain good is large (elastic demand and supply), the deadweight loss will be greater.

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3 years ago

Fey Corporation manufactures two models of office chairs, a standard and a deluxe model. The following activity and cost informa

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Answer:

a) Standard WIP 75,000 debit

factory overhead 75,000 credit

b) applied to deluxe model 28 setups x $ 400 = $ 11,200

c) total overhead to deluxe: 35,200

Explanation:

$\frac{Cost\: Of \:Manufacturing \:Overhead}{Cost \:Driver}= Overhead \:Rate$

expected overhead: 120,000

total labor hours: 375 + 22 = 600

overhead rate: 120,000 / 600 = 200

applied to Standard model: 375 hours x $ 200 = 75,000

overhead cost for setups: $ 20,000

total setups (cost driver) 22 + 28

activity rate: $ 20,000 / 50 setups = $ 400

applied to deluxe model 28 setups x $ 400 = $ 11,200

overhead cost for component: $40,000

total components: 8 + 12 = 20

activity rate: 40,000 / 20= 2,000

applied to deluxe model: 12 x 2,000 = 24,000

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setup overhead applied to deluxe model 28 setups x $ 400 = $ 11,200

component overhead applied to deluxe model: 12 x 2,000 = 24,000

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3 years ago

A firm practices the pure chase strategy. Production last quarter was 1000. Demand over the next four quarters is estimated to b

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Answer:

The correct answer is $7,500

Explanation:

So, the hiring cost would be:

Hiring quater × hiring cost

= 300 × $20

= $6,000

Firing Cost would be:

Firing cost = 100 × $5

= $500

= 200 × $5

= $1,000

Therefore, the total hiring and firing cost = $6,000 + $500 + $1,000

= $7,500

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