Pablo Company has budgeted production for next year as follows: Quarter First Second Third FourthProduction in units 59,000 99,000 109,000 89,000Four pounds of material A are required for each unit produced. The company has a policy of maintaining a stock of material A on hand at the end of each quarter equal to 30% of the next quarter's production needs for material A. A total of 43,000 pounds of material A are on hand to start the year. Budgeted purchases of material A for the second quarter would be:a. 526,800 pounds. b. 408,000 pounds. c. 91,700 pounds. d. 514,800 pounds.

8. agreement and disagreement among economists suppose that bob, an economist from a university in arizona, and cho, an economist from a public television program, are arguing over saving incentives. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: cho: i think it's safe to say that, in general, the savings rate of households in today's economy is much lower than it really needs to be to sustain an improvement in living standards. bob: i think a switch from the income tax to a consumption tax would bring growth in living standards. cho: you really think households would change their saving behavior enough in response to this to make a difference? because i don't. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? rent ceilings reduce the quantity and quality of available housing. immigrants receive more in government benefits than they contribute in taxes. having a single income tax rate would improve economic performance.

Emily spent her summer vacation in buenos aires, argentina, where she got plastic surgery for a fraction of what it would cost in the united states. this is an example of:

(a) what was the opportunity cost of non-gm food for many buyers before 2008? (b) why did they prefer the alternative? (c) what was the opportunity cost in 2008? (d) why did it change?