The country panjim has been growing at the rate of 8 percent annually following a series of economic reforms. adelphia, a neighboring country, is also growing rapidly, but at a rate that is slightly lower than panjim's. elaine mack and prisca baresi, who live in adelphia, are discussing whether adelphia's economy will surpass panjim soon. elaine is of the opinion that the high level of sales of capital goods indicates that growth in adelphia will only increase further. prisca however reminds elaine that the working population in adelphia is shrinking, which will actually reduce its growth prospects. which of the following, if true, will weaken prisca's view that adelphia does not have good growth prospects?
a. although inequality in adelphia has fallen, the number of people under the poverty line has not reduced significantly
b. nominal wages in adelphia increased by a smaller proportion than the increase in prices.
c. adelphia is highly dependent on the import of oil and food grains
d. the number of highly-skilled workers migrating from adelphia to foreign countries has fallen.
e. compared to adelphia, panjim, is better endowed with natural resources.

Which of the following goals is most effective? i will purchase a house by age twenty-five. i will purchase a three-bedroom house located near cherry park by my twenty-fifth birthday. in order to reach this goal, i will graduate from college and secure a job as a software developer.

< back to assignment attempts: 1 1 keep the highest: 1 / 2 2. determining opportunity cost juanita is deciding whether to buy a suit that she wants, as well as where to buy it. three stores carry the same suit, but it is more convenient for juanita to get to some stores than others. for example, she can go to her local store, located 15 minutes away from where she works, and pay a marked-up price of $102 for the suit: store travel time each way price of a suit (minutes) (dollars per suit) local department store 15 102 across town 30 88 neighboring city 60 65 juanita makes $42 an hour at work. she has to take time off work to purchase her suit, so each hour away from work costs her $42 in lost income. assume that returning to work takes juanita the same amount of time as getting to a store and that it takes her 30 minutes to shop. as you answer the following questions, ignore the cost of gasoline and depreciation of her car when traveling. complete the following table by computing the opportunity cost of juanita's time and the total cost of shopping at each location. store opportunity cost of time price of a suit total cost (dollars) (dollars per suit) (dollars) local department store 102 across town 88 neighboring city 65 assume that juanita takes opportunity costs and the price of the suit into consideration when she shops. juanita will minimize the cost of the suit if she buys it from the . grade it now save & continue continue without saving

(a) what do you think will happen if the price of non-gm crops continues to rise? why? (b) what will happen if the price of non-gm food drops? why?