Valley View Chicken Coop's costs went from $0.05 per egg when they harvested from 50 chickens to $0.08 per egg when they harvested from 80 chickens. Which of the following describes this scenario?
a) Constant scale
b) Economies of scale
c) Both diseconomies and economies of scale
d) Diseconomies of scale

Max fischer is a beekeeper. his annual group insurance costs 11,700. his employer pays 60% of the cost. how much does max pay semimonthly for it?

Identify an organization with the low-total-cost value proposition and suggest at least two possible measures within each of the four balanced scorecard perspectives.

Ummit record company is negotiating with two banks for a $157,000 loan. fidelity bank requires a compensating balance of 24 percent, discounts the loan, and wants to be paid back in four quarterly payments. southwest bank requires a compensating balance of 12 percent, does not discount the loan, but wants to be paid back in 12 monthly installments. the stated rate for both banks is 9 percent. compensating balances will be subtracted from the $157,000 in determining the available funds in part a. a-1. calculate the effective interest rate for fidelity bank and southwest bank. (do not round intermediate calculations. input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) a-2. which loan should summit accept? southwest bank fidelity bank b. recompute the effective cost of interest, assuming that summit ordinarily maintains $37,680 at each bank in deposits that will serve as compensating balances