Durable ceramics, inc., provides inexpensive ceramic tile to builders of institutional buildings such as schools, prisons, and public administration buildings. it has always competed on a cost leadership basis. most of its products are purchased by a few commercial construction firms, so it is fairly dependent on these construction firms for selling its product. durable ceramics' next most-efficient competitor, cost-less ceramics, inc., earns average returns, whereas durable earns above-average returns. the commercial construction firms are putting pressure on durable to reduce its prices. if durable reduces its prices below those of cost-less's prices, it is likely that:
a. both durable and cost-less will devise additional ways to become more efficient in their production
processes.
b. durable will be unable to absorb the lower cost, and will go out of business.
c. both cost-less and durable will go out of business, leaving the customers with fewer alternative sources of
low-cost tile.
d. cost-less will go out of business, and durable will gain higher power over its customers.

Caden and lily are divorced on march 3, 2016. for financial reasons, however, lily continues to live in caden's apartment and receives her support from him. caden does not claim lily as a dependent on his 2016 federal income tax return but does so on his 2017 return.

2. the external environment (connect)choose whether each example belongs in the general, task, or internal environment.exampleenvironmenta worldwide recession task environment / general environment / internal environmentlocal mothers asking their community grocery store to carry no-salt cheerios-type cereal for their babies task environment / general environment / internal environmentchoose the phrase that best completes the following sentence.the relationship between the task environment and the general environment is best described as: a one-way system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, but changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment.an open system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, and changes in the general environment affect the task environment.a one-way system: changes in the general environment affect the task environment, but changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment.a closed system: changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment, and changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment.©bloomberg via getty imagesmanagement in the newsin april 2010, the explosion of british petroleum’s (bp) deepwater horizon oil drilling rig and the accompanying oil spill dramatically changed the external environment in which all oil companies operate. the explosion released more oil than any other accidental spill in history and had a huge impact on the waters and surrounding communities of the gulf coast. the conditions that led to the spill, the attempts to stop the spill, and the clean-up and aftermath of the spill prompted debates in the u.s. senate, concern on wall street, and attention from companies all over the world.match each oil spill event with a specific dimension of the general environment.eventgeneral environment dimensionbp stock prices falling 25% during the first month after the oil spill oil seeping into pelican nesting grounds, which will place the brown pelican back on the endangered species list people moving from louisiana to oklahoma to avoid the effects of the spill

Nnette henri is paid an hourly wage of $8.90 for a 32-hour workweek of 4 days, 8 hours daily. for any work on the fifth day and on saturdays, she is paid one and one-half times her regular hourly rate. during a certain week, in addition to her regular 32 hours, henri worked 6 hours on the fifth day and 5 hours on saturday. for this workweek, henri’s total earnings are: