1. Suppose a firm can hire workers for $40 per hour. The marginal product of the last worker hired is 80. This same firm can pay $60 to rent machines that do the same work as labor but at a higher rate of productivity. The marginal product of the last machine is 100. Is this firm at its cost-minimization combination of its inputs of labor and capital

Individual consumers belong to which step of choosing a target market? possible customers competition demographics communication

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.

Buyer henry is going to accept seller shannon's $282,500 counteroffer. when will this counteroffer become a contract. a. counteroffers cannot become contracts b. when henry gives shannon notice of the acceptance c. when henry signs the counteroffer d. when shannon first made the counteroffer