In the island country jambalaya, a debate is on about the gender wage gap among factory workers in the economy. the women's leadership foundation (wlf), a feminist group, attributes the difference in wages to gender discrimination in the workplace. when asked to comment on this claim, bill liamor, the spokesperson for the chamber of commerce, clearly stated in a press meet that this was not the case. according to him, manufacturing firms in jambalaya were fair and did not discriminate on the basis of gender.  

which of the following, if true, would weaken the wlf's argument?

a. most industries in jambalaya are capital-intensive.
b. over the past fifty years, the divorce rate in jambalaya has increased and now stands at 48.5%.
c. the government is undertaking a new program to increase the number of women workers who are affiliated with labor unions in jambalaya.
d. recently, a study showed that a large proportion of workers in the informal economy in jambalaya arewomen.
e. most manufacturing firms in jambalaya use the piece-rate system of payment for workers.

You want to make an investment in a continuously compounding account over a period of two years. what interest rate is required for your investment to double in that time period? round the logarithm value and the answer to the nearest tenth.

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows.direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow.fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.

You hold a diversified $100,000 portfolio consisting of 20 stocks with $5,000 invested in each. the portfolio's beta is 1.12. you plan to sell a stock with b = 0.90 and use the proceeds to buy a new stock with b = 1.50. what will the portfolio's new beta be? do not round your intermediate calculations.