Joseph has a budget of $11 to spend at the food court in the mall. his two favorite items are tacos (product x) which cost $5 and cinnamon buns (product y) which cost $2. in the schedule below you can see the marginal utility for each of his favorite foods. what combination would maximize joseph’s utility and meal?

As part of a hiring process, codex marketing company conducts an internet search to discover what a job candidate has posted. to codex, this act should present

Who is better at multi-tasking? in business, employees are often asked to perform a complex task when their atten-tion is divided (i.e., multi-tasking). human factors (may 2014) published a study designed to determine whether video game players are better than non–video game play-ers at multi-tasking. each in a sample of 60 college stu-dents was classified as a video game player or a non-player. participants entered a street crossing simulator and were asked to cross a busy street at an unsigned intersec-tion. the simulator was designed to have cars traveling at various high rates of speed in both directions. during the crossing, the students also performed a memory task as a distraction. two variables were measured for each student: (1) a street crossing performance score (measured out of 100 points) and (2) a memory task score (measured out of 20 points). the researchers found no differences in either the street crossing performance or memory task score of video game players and non-gamers. “these results,” say the researchers, “suggest that action video game players [and non-gamers] are equally susceptible to the costs of dividing attention in a complex task”

Zeta corporation is a manufacturer of sports caps, which require soft fabric. the standards for each cap allow 2.00 yards of soft fabric, at a cost of $2.00 per yard. during the month of january, the company purchased 25,000 yards of soft fabric at $2.10 per yard, to produce 12,000 caps. what is zeta corporation's materials price variance for the month of january?