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A sheet of silicon contains 100 microprocessors all of which are the same size and type. The production process generates 20 imperfections on each sheet. 1) What is the probability that a microproce
Jon Breeks quit his job in a bicycle shop, where he earned $15,000 per year, to become a graduate student in economics. At the university he attended, he spent $2,000 on books, $1,000 on cough medic
There are 168 hours in a week. Of these, about 60 hours will go to sleeping (more or less). That leaves 108 hours for which we have a choice in terms of how we will spend that time. Let's assume tha
(a) How many people participate in the study (b) Calculate the Relative Frequency and enter the results in the above table. (c) Calculate the Midpoint for each class and enter the results in the above
Most restaurant customers tip according to a percentage rule - between 15 and 25 percent of the bill. Diners who have dinner and a $20 bottle of wine usually pay the same percentage of the bottle pr
What sum should you deposit into an account to yield 20 year end payments, starting with $10,000 at the end of the first year and increasing by 4% each year at an interest rate of 8% compounded qua
It is Sarah's 21st birthday today and she has received an inheritance of $50,000 from her grandfather. Sarah will spend one-half of this inheritance, and use the rest to start a retirement savings f
Unstin.Ting Corporation wants to establish a scholarship in the company's name at a university. The firm wants the scholarship to provide a quarterly award of $4500. The university's scholarship fo
Maintenance occurs every month. The cost of maintenance starts at $2250 and it will grow by $20 each time the facility is maintained. Find the value today of the maintenance costs for the next ten y
Lawson just purchased an income annuity for $323,335. The income annuity pays interest at a rate of 3.85 percent compounded monthly. The first income payment will be made today and the final income
if you were to retire today, you would need a monthly income of $1600 in addition to the company pension, Canada Pension Plan, and Old Age Security payments you expect to receive. Today is your 22nd
Penelope wants to buy a car that is worth $43,195 by making a $4300 down payment and arranging a four-year lease that calls for monthly payments in advance, interest of 2.91 percent compounded month
Arrow now sells 100,000 silk shirts at $100 each. The material per shirt costs $40 and labor costs are $50 per shirt. The firm has $1.2m. in fixed costs. Price elasticity of demand for such shirts i
BMW sells 5,000 vehicles in the US. The export price is €40,000. The exchange rate is €1= $1.25. US price elasticity of demand for the German import, in terms of the $ price, is-2. The cos
Suppose a depositor comes to the bank and withdraws $200 in cash. Show the banks new balance sheet assuming the bank obtains the cash by drawing down its reserves. Does the bank now hold excess rese
Missy Walters owns a mail-order business specializing in clothing, linens, and furniture for children. She is considering offering her customers a discount on shipping charges for furniture based on
Given the information below what are the optimal markups for widgets and gadgets Marginal revenue = Price(1 + 1/Price elasticity) since price is positive (always) so we can ignore that part when deter
Suppose there are 100 firms in the economy. Let us call them firm 1, firm 2, and firm 100. For firm j (j=1,2,100) the labor demand (or equivalently MPN) is Nj = 1 - 0.02w where w is the real wage. N
(a) What will be the result when each firm chooses a high-price strategy (b) What will be the result when Firm A chooses a low-price strategy while Firm B maintains a high- price strategy (c) What wil
Jim and Matt allocate their consumption between two goods: hats and bats. The price of hats is $4 each and the price of bats is $8 each. For Jim, the marginal utility of the last hat consumed was 8
As a result of the tax, the equilibrium price increases from $0.20 to $0.22. What fraction of the incidence falls on consumers On firms Suppose the supply elasticity is 0.6. What must the demand ela
Computer Products Corp. sells peripheral equipment used by both private businesses and the government. Due to a recession, Computer Product's sales have declined by 100,000 units and it now has 200,
Customers to Live Theaters, Inc. can be divided into two groups: seniors and everyone else. The inverse demand curves for each of the two groups are given below. The marginal cost (which equals the
Suppose we have a wholesaler firm that charges a retailer r for the retailer's only input. The marginal cost of the wholesaler is $2. It takes one unit of the input to produce one unit of the retail
The seller, Ryan Miller's mom (who is a monopolist, at least with respect to these consumers, and can "produce" enough quantity to meet demand), has to determine her pricing strategy, and whether to