i) The traditional sector can produce a maximum of 100 million kg of food. Suppose the number of workers in this sector is 75 million. Then, what would be the wage rate in the traditional sector? According to the Lewis model, what is the magnitude of surplus labor? Do the producers in this sector make their decisions on the basis of profit maximization?

Dahlia enterprises needs someone to supply it with 127,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. it will cost you $940,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project’s life. you estimate that in five years, this equipment can be salvaged for $77,000. your fixed production costs will be $332,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $11.00 per carton. you also need an initial investment in net working capital of $82,000. if your tax rate is 30 percent and your required return is 11 percent on your investment, what bid price should you submit? (do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Which of the following events could increase the demand for labor? a. an increase in the marginal productivity of workers b. a decrease in the amount of capital available for workers to use c. a decrease in the wage paid to workers d. a decrease in output price

Tony is a wheat farmer, but he also spends part of his day teaching guitar lessons, due to the popularity of his local country western band, farmer tony has more students requesting lessons than he has time for if he is to also maintain his farming business. farmer tony charges $25 an hour for his guitar lessons. one spring day, he spends 10 hours in his fields planting $130 with of seeds on his farm. he expects that the seeds he planted will yield $300 worth of wheat a. 130 b. 260 c. 170 d. $-80