The costs above relate to making both the lip balm and the tube that contains it. as an alternative to making the tubes for chap-off, silven has approached a supplier to discuss the possibility of buying the tubes. the purchase price of the supplier's empty tubes would be $1.35 per box of 24 tubes. if silven industries stops making the tubes and buys them from the outside supplier, its direct labor and variable manufacturing overhead costs per box of chap-off would be reduced by 10% and its direct materials costs would be reduced by 25%.

1. which one of the following would be an example of a supply-side market failure? a. a gas station is slowly leaking diesel fuel from its underground tanks, and after the leak is discovered, the business immediately cleans up the pollution at its own expense. b. a gas station is slowly leaking diesel fuel from its underground tanks, but the state uses taxpayer money to clean up the pollution rather than requiring the business to pay. c. your business wants to attract repeat customers by putting on a customer-appreciation picnic at a public park, but you decide not to because you couldn't prevent noncustomers from consuming the food and entertainment you provided. d. everyone rushes to the local retail outlet at midnight on the day of the release of a new video game console, and the store runs out before everyone is able to buy one.