Firm a is negotiating with firm b to purchase firm b and bring it into the corporate organization headed by firm a. the two firms agree to the following: firm b's average annual income is $900, to continue for 10 years after purchase. firm b's total owner's equity is $2,000. firm b's market value of net identifiable assets is $3,500. the average rate of return in b's industry is 10%. the risk adjusted rate of return for the purchase is 8%. compute the purchase price for b implied by this information. the present value of an annuity of $1 for 10 years at 8% is 6.71008, and at 10% is 6.14457.

If the demand for a pair of shoes is given by 2p + 5q = 200 and the supply function for it is p − 2q = 10, compare the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied when the price is $90. quantity demanded pairs of shoes quantity supplied pairs of shoes will there be a surplus or shortfall at this price? there will be a surplus. there will be a shortfall.

Consider a small island country whose only industry is weaving. the following table shows information about the small economy in two different years. complete the table by calculating physical capital per worker as well as labor productivity. hint: recall that productivity is defined as the amount of goods and services a worker can produce per hour. in this problem, measure productivity as the quantity of goods per hour of labor. year physical capital labor force physical capital per worker labor hours output labor productivity (looms) (workers) (looms) (hours) (garments) (garments per hour of labor) 2024 160 40 1,800 14,400 2025 180 60 3,900 23,400

Which of the following tasks would be a line cook's main responsibility? oa. frying french fries ob. chopping onions oc. taking inventory of stocked dry goods od. paying invoices