Suppose that when the price of a movie ticket is $4, 100 people attend the matinee. If the price is increased to $5, suppose that only 50 people attend the matinee. Using the midpoint method in numeral form, the absolute value of the price elasticity of demand is .

The owners of backstreets italian restaurant are considering starting a delivery service forpizza and their other italian dishes in the small college town where they are located. theycan purchase a used delivery van and have it painted with their name and logo for $21,500.they can hire part-time drivers who will work in the evenings from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. for$8 per hour. the drivers are mostly college students who study at the restaurant when theyare not making deliveries. during the day, there are so few deliveries that the regular employeescan handle them. the owners estimate that the van will last 5 years (365 days per year)before it has to be replaced and that each delivery will cost about $1.35 in gas and othermaintenance costs (including tires, oil, scheduled service, they also estimate that onaverage each delivery order will cost $15 for direct labor and ingredients to prepare andpackage, and will generate $34 in revenue.a. how many delivery orders must backstreets make each month in order for the service to break even? b. the owners believe that if they have approximately the break-even number of deliveries during the week, they will at least double that number on fridays, saturdays, and sundays. if that’s the case, how much profit will they make, at a minimum, from their delivery service each month (4 weeks per month)?

The struter partnership has total partners’ equity of $510,000, which is made up of main, capital, $400,000, and frist, capital, $110,000. the partners share net income and loss in a ratio of 80% to main and 20% to frist. on november 1, adison is admitted to the partnership and given a 15% interest in equity and a 15% share in any income and loss. prepare journal entries to record the admission of adison for a 15% interest in the equity and a 15% share in any income and loss under the following independent assumptions. (1) record the admission of adison with an investment of $90,000 for a 15% interest in the equity and a 15% share in any income and loss. (2) record the admission of adison with an investment of $120,000 for a 15% interest in the equity and a 15% share in any income and loss. (3) record the admission of adison with an investment of $80,000 for a 15% interest in the equity and a 15% share in any income and loss.

Ummit record company is negotiating with two banks for a $157,000 loan. fidelity bank requires a compensating balance of 24 percent, discounts the loan, and wants to be paid back in four quarterly payments. southwest bank requires a compensating balance of 12 percent, does not discount the loan, but wants to be paid back in 12 monthly installments. the stated rate for both banks is 9 percent. compensating balances will be subtracted from the $157,000 in determining the available funds in part a. a-1. calculate the effective interest rate for fidelity bank and southwest bank. (do not round intermediate calculations. input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) a-2. which loan should summit accept? southwest bank fidelity bank b. recompute the effective cost of interest, assuming that summit ordinarily maintains $37,680 at each bank in deposits that will serve as compensating balances