A company operates two plants which manufacture the same item and whose total cost functions are and , where and are the quantities produced by each plant. The company is a monopoly. The total quantity demanded, , is related to the price, , by . How much should each plant produce in order to maximize the company's profit?1

1. all other things equal, according to the law of demand, when the price of a good falls, the demand for the good falls the demand for the good rises the quantity demanded of the good falls the quantity demanded of the good rises 2. when a market is in equilibrium, the quantity of the good that buyers are willing and able to buy exactly equals the quantity that sellers are willing and able to sell cannot be determined is less than the quantity that sellers are willing and able to sell is greater than the quantity that sellers are willing and able to sell 3. which of the following factors does not influence the demand for a good or service? consumer (buyer) income the price of related goods the number of sellers buyer expectations 4. when the number of sellers in a market increases, demand rises supply rises the price rises, all else equal the number of buyers falls

At the end of year 2, retained earnings for the baker company was $3,550. revenue earned by the company in year 2 was $3,800, expenses paid during the period were $2,000, and dividends paid during the period were $1,400. based on this information alone, retained earnings at the beginning of year 2 was:

Which of the following will not cause the consumption schedule to shift? a) a sharp increase in the amount of wealth held by households b) a change in consumer incomes c) the expectation of a recession d) a growing expectation that consumer durables will be in short supply