One advantage of the division of labor is that: (A)Workers can be more easily trained to perform a small number of tasks than a large number of tasks. (B)Workers find it more interesting to do the same small job over and over again than to complete an entire product. (C)Workers can do much of the production at home. (D)It encourages the establishment of many small businesses rather than a few very large ones.

Rate of return douglas keel, a financial analyst for orange industries, wishes to estimate the rate of return for two similar-risk investments, x and y. douglas's research indicates that the immediate past returns will serve as reasonable estimates of future returns. a year earlier, investment x had a market value of $27 comma 000; and investment y had a market value of $46 comma 000. during the year, investment x generated cash flow of $2 comma 025 and investment y generated cash flow of $ 6 comma 770. the current market values of investments x and y are $28 comma 582 and $46 comma 000, respectively. a. calculate the expected rate of return on investments x and y using the most recent year's data. b. assuming that the two investments are equally risky, which one should douglas recommend? why?