Babcock Co. manufactures fast-baking ovens in the U. S. at a production cost of $500 per unit & sells them to uncontrolled distributors in the U. S. and a wholly owned sales subsidiary in Canada. Babcock's U. S. distributors sell the ovens to restaurants at a price of $1000 and it's Canadian subsidiary sells the ovens at a price of $1,100. Other distributors of ovens to restaurants in Canada normally earn a gross profit equal to 25% of selling price. Babcock's main competitor in the U. S. sells fast-baking ovens at an average 50% markup on cost. Babcock's Canadian sales subsidiary incurs operating costs, other than cost of goods sold, that average $250 per oven sold. The average operating profit margin earned by Canadian distributors of fast-baking ovens is 5%. WHAT WOULD BE THE PRICE UNDER THE RESALE METHOD?

When a company produces and sells x thousand units per week, its total weekly profit is p thousand dollars, where upper p equals startfraction 800 x over 100 plus x squared endfraction . the production level at t weeks from the present is x equals 4 plus 2 t. find the marginal profit, startfraction dp over dx endfraction and the time rate of change of profit, startfraction dp over dt endfraction . how fast (with respect of time) are profits changing when tequals8?

An attorney came to work on a saturday. when he signed in, he was advised by the morning security guard employed by the building management that he must be out of the building by 5 p.m., when it closes. however, he stayed past 5 p.m. to complete a brief that had to be filed on monday morning. at 5: 15 p.m., the afternoon security guard set the locks on all the doors of the building and left. because she was in a hurry, she did not check the sign-in sheet to make sure that everyone had signed out, contrary to mandatory procedures. when the attorney tried to exit 15 minutes later, he discovered that the doors were all locked and could not be opened from the inside. he used his cell phone to call for , and a supervisor from the building arrived and let him out shortly thereafter. if the attorney sues the building management for false imprisonment, is he likely to win?

Suppose a movie theater determines it can charge different prices to patrons who go to weekday matinees and people who attend evening and weekend shows . the movie theater's goal is to increase total revenue. the price elasticity of demand for weekend and evening patrons is -0.40, and the price elasticity of demand for matinee moviegoers is -1.90. based on the price elasticity of demand for each group of people, how should the movie theater adjust its prices?