Individuals who focus only on their own interests when making decisions are at the _______

The demand curve facing a monopolistic competitive firm will be __________ than the demand curve facing a perfectly competitive

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Answer:

Downward sloping; more elastic

Explanation:

Demand curve is a curve that shows the relationship between price and quantity demanded.

The demand curve of a monopolistic competitor is DOWNWARD-SLOPING.

A monopolistic competitive firm can either raise price and lose few customers or reduce price and gain some more customers.

A monopolistic competitive firm

has a more ELASTIC demand.

Elasticity of demand is the degree of responsiveness of demand to a change in price, income and price of other commodities.

Perfectly Competitive market have the following characteristics;

1) Prices are determined by the forces of demand and supply.

2) They are price takers because a single firm can't control the market.

3) Easy entry and exit.

4) Many buyers and many sellers.

5) Identical product are sold

Monopolistic Competitive market have the following characteristics;

1) There are many buyers and many sellers.

2) Firms have market control.

3) Free entry.

4) Close substitute goods are sold.

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3 years ago

The Blumer Company entered into the following transactions during 2012: 1. The company was started with $22,000 of common stock

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2 years ago

There are four seats on the board of directors of MMT, Inc., up for election. The firm has 175,000 shares of stock outstanding a

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Answer:

We must spend $575,023 to acquire sufficient shares to guarantee your election to the board

Explanation:

To calculate the number of shares, the below formula will be used

Number of shares = [(S * X) / (D + 1)] + 1

S = Total number of shares, X = Number of seats you want to leave, D = Total number of seats

Number of shares = (175,000 * 1) / (4 + 1) + 1

Number of shares = (175,000 / 5) + 1

Number of shares = 35,000 + 1

Number of shares = 35,001

We control 35,001 if we wants to guarantee election to the board.

The additional no of shares that we need to buy is as calculated below as we already owns 10,000 shares

Cost = (Number of shares required - Number of shares already owned) * Price per share

Cost = (35,001 shares - 10,000 shares) * $23

Cost = 25,001 shares * $23

Cost = $575,023

Thus, it will cost us $575,023 to guarantee that we will be elected to the board.

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2 years ago

A proposed project has fixed costs of $83,000 per year. The operating cash flow at 9,100 units is $ 102,900. Ignoring the effect

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Answer:

Ignoring the effect of taxes, what is the degree of operating leverage?

1.81

If units sold rise from 9,100 to 9,500, what will be the increase in operating cash flow?

$8,171.43 or 7.94%

what is the new degree of operating leverage?

1.75

Explanation:

degree of operating leverage = (units sold x contribution margin) / [(units sold x contribution margin) - fixed costs]

(units sold x contribution margin) - fixed costs] = $102,900

units sold x contribution margin = $102,900 + $83,000 = $185,900

degree of operating leverage = $185,900 / $102,900 = 1.81

contribution margin = $185,900 / 9,100 = $20.4286

operating cash flow (at 9,500 units) = (9,500 x $20.4286) - $83,000 = $111,071.43

operating cash flow will increase by $8,171.43 or 7.94%

new degree of operating leverage = $194,071.43 / $111,071.43 = 1.75

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2 years ago

Sara wants to start her own business. She is not sure if she wants to be a sole proprietor or get a partner. She asks a financia

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Answer:

B) She has to share all of the profits with the partner.

Explanation:

A partnership is a business owned by two or more parties while a sole proprietorship is owned by one person. In the former, decisions are made jointly and the process might take long since all partners must consent to it. Another disadvantage is that all profits are shared between or among all partners unlike a sole proprietorship where the owner takes all the profits.

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Individuals who focus only on their own interests when making decisions are at the ________ stage of ethical development.