Anew product task team met for the first time. tony, the team leader, was particularly stressed that day from work and home issues, and he answered questions gruffly. tony’s gruff manner, thick new york accent, and age (over sixty years old) were interpreted by some team members to mean that tony was closed-minded to new ideas and would be difficult to work with. over time, the team asked fewer questions or offered few new ideas. tony became gruffer because of his frustration with the team’s lack of participation. tony felt pressure to move the project forward, so he pushed ahead with his own ideas. team members grumbled to themselves that he was exactly what they first thought. this is an example of:

Which of the following best describes biochemical evidence that would not support the modern concept of evolution? a. a bacterium that uses inorganic materials to produce energy b. an organism that does not undergo cellular respiration c. a species of bacteria that is capable of photosynthesis d. an organism that undergoes both aerobic and anaerobic respiration

Suppose general motors demands labor according to the labor demand function 푤푤= 40−0. 5퐸퐸, where 푤푤 is the hourly wage and 퐸퐸 is the number of employees. the united auto workers union has a utility function given by 푈푈=푊푊∗퐸퐸. a.in 1984, the united auto workers union started negotiations with general motors by assuming that they were a monopoly union. find the wage and employment demands that the united auto workers union would have demanded before any bargaining began. b.if general motors and the united auto workers union both had excellent bargaining representatives, would this be the final labor contract? if not, then explain in words and graphically where they would end up after the bargaining process.

Carmen co. can further process product j to produce product d. product j is currently selling for $20 per pound and costs $15.75 per pound to produce. product d would sell for $38 per pound and would require an additional cost of $8.55 per pound to produce. what is the differential revenue of producing product d?