Alpha Co. can produce a unit of Beta for the following costs: Direct material$8 Direct Labor24 Overhead40 Total costs per unit$72 An outside supplier offers to provide Alpha with all the Beta units it needs at $60 per unit. If Alpha buys from the supplier, Alpha will still incur 40% of its overhead. Alpha should: Select one: a. Make Beta since the relevant cost to make it is $56. b. Buy Beta since the relevant cost to make it is $72. c. Make Beta since the relevant cost to make it is $48. d. Buy Beta since the relevant cost to make it is $56. e. Buy Beta since the relevant cost to make it is $48.

The table shows the demand and supply schedules for magazines. complete the following sentences. the equilibrium price of a magazine is $ 4 and the equilibrium quantity is 150 magazines a week. price (dollars per magazine) quantity demanded quantity supplied (magazines per week) 3.00 160 138 3.50 155 144 4.00 150 150 4.50 145 156 5.00 140 161 now a fall in the price of a newspaper decreases the quantity demanded by 11 magazines a week at each price. at the original equilibrium price, a occurs. to return to equilibrium, the price of a magazine a. surplus; rises b. shortage; rises c. shortage; falls d. surplus; falls as the market returns to equilibrium, the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied a. decreases; increases b. decreases; decreases c. increases; decreases d. increases; increases the new equilibrium price is $ nothing a magazine.

Which of the following best explains why online retail companies have an advantage over regular stores? a. their employees make less money because they mostly perform unskilled tasks. b. they are able to keep distribution costs low by negotiating deals with shipping companies. c. their transactions require expensive state-of-the-art technological devices. d. they have a larger number of potential customers because people anywhere can buy from them.

When the amount paid for land is $36,000 and the amount paid for expenses is $10,000, the balance in total assets after transaction (b) is