Check Your Understanding Week 4 Chapter 7: Problems 1‚ 6‚ 8‚ and 9 Chapter 7 Production Economics ___________________________ Solutions to Exercises 1. Deep Creek Mining Company: Complete the table. a. L TPX (=Q) MPX = ΔQ/ΔX APX = Q/X 0 0 --- --- 1 3 3 3.00 2 6 3 3.00 3 16 10 5.33 4 29 13 7.25 5 43 14 8.60 6 55 12 9.17 7 58 3 8.29 8 60 2 7.50 9 59 −1 6.56 10 56 −3 5.60 b. c. Stage I: 0 − 6
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Strayer University ECO 550 Week 1 Homework Chapter 1 2. A principal-agent relationships involves the owners (principals) delegating decision-making authority to managers (agents). A conflict occurs when the agents pursue acceptable levels of shareholder wealth and profit rather than a maximization of profit. They are pursuing their own self-interests. One way that the agents act in their own self-interests would be by focusing on long-term job security. This could cause the agents to limit
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Check Your Understanding Week 5 (ANSWERS) o Chapter 9: Problems 3‚ 4‚ and 5 3. Electrical generation study of 56 British firms: a. VC = AVC(Q) VC = 1.24Q + .0033Q2 + .0000029Q3 − .000046Q2Z − .026QZ + .00018QZ2 b. MC = 1.24 + .0066Q + .0000087Q2 − .000092QZ − .026Z + .00018Z2 c. Z = 150(thousand) kilowatts SRAVC = 1.24 + .0033Q + .0000029Q2 − .000046Q(150) − .026(150) + .00018(150)2 SRAVC = 1.39 − .0036Q + .0000029Q2 SRMC = 1.24 + .0066Q + .0000087Q2 − .000092Q(150) −
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Each problem/question is worth 3 points. Please label your answers with the correct chapter and problem in the submission area. • Chapter 1: Exercises 2‚ 3‚ and 6 • Chapter 2: Exercises 1‚ 5‚ and 6 Chapter 1: Exercises 2‚ 3‚ and 6 2.Shareholders want high long-term profits. Managers want job security and wonderful perks and amenities. Since risk and return tend to be positively related‚ managers may wish to avoid risks that shareholders want the managers to undertake. To encourage managers
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would go from 11450 to 1100‚ which is about 3.9% reduction/loss C) Sales would decrease from 11450 to 9650 which is about a 30% reduction 9) Quarter 1 winter / 8.267 mill Quarter 2 spring / 12.456 mill Quarter 3 summer / 14.521 mill Quarter 4 fall / 10.987 mill Chapter 6: Problems 2‚ 7‚ 9‚ and 10 2.) One step that they could take is calculating how much the average dollar is worth compared to how much their product/services cost this will give them an estimate of how much they will profit
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We explored three different options‚ given the need to create a division of work that would maximize the number of tables manufactured per day by either utilizing four or five employees and allowing the employees to either be part of the manufacturing process or manufacture tables on their own. We first decided to combine the finishing step with the packaging step since packaging required a very minimal amount of time and because the employee assigned to this function was being severely underutilized
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Eco 365 Week 4 Knowledge Check 1. What do economists mean when they say there is "market failure"? Correct answer: Free Markets yield results that economists do not consider socially optimal 2. If a market has no externalities‚ marginal private costsBottom of Form Correct Answer: equal marginal social costs 3. Economists generally call the effect of an agreement on others that is not taken into account by the parties making the agreement Correct Answer: an externality 4. The size performance
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equipment having a 500-bhp rating. a. Complete the following table: Labor Input I (No. of Workers) Total Product Marginal Product Average Product 1 3 0 + 3 = +3 3/1 = 3 2 6 6 – 3 = +3 6/2 = 3 3 16 16 – 6 = +10 16/3 = 5.33 4 29 29 – 16 = +13 29/4 = 7.25 5 43 43 – 29 = +14 43/5 = 8.6 6 55 55 – 43 = +12 55/6 = 9.17 7 58 58 – 55 = +3 58/7 = 8.29 8 60 60 – 58 = +2 60/8 = 7.5 9 59 59 – 60 = -1 59/9 = 6.56 10 56 56 – 59 = -3 56/10 = 5.6 b. Plot the (i) total product‚ (ii) marginal
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maximization model‚ the value of a firm ’s stock is equal to the present value of all expected future ____ discounted at the stockholders ’ required rate of return. a.|profits (cash flows)| b.|revenues| c.|outlays| d.|costs| e.|investments| 4. Which of the following statements concerning the shareholder wealth maximization model is (are) true? a.|The timing of future profits is explicitly considered.| b.|The model provides a conceptual basis for evaluating differential levels of risk.|
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ECO550 Week 2 Check Your Understanding Submission If you are using the Blackboard Mobile Learn App‚ plea * Chapter 3: Problems 3‚ 4‚ and 7 Chapter 3 -Problem 3 Answer: The Olde Yogurt Factory has reduced the price of its popular Mmmm Sundae from $2.25 to $1.75. As a result‚ the firm’s daily sales of these sundaes have increased from 1‚500/day to 1‚800/day. Compute the arc price elasticity of demand over this price and consumption quantity range. Arc Price Elasticity = (Q₂ - Q₁ / P₂
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