Cpu-on-demand (cpud) offers real-time high-performance computing services. cpud owns 1 supercomputer that can be accessed through the internet. their customers send jobs that arrive on average every 3 hours. the standard deviation of the interarrival times is 6 hours. executing each job takes on average 2 hours on the supercomputer and the standard deviation of the processing time is 3.5 hours. (round your answer to 1 decimal place.) how long does a customer have to wait to have a job completed?

Evelyn would like to open a small business that is categorized as a being in the distribution industry. to do this she could open a establishment.

Which of the following statements about brand names is true? brand names give the seller an incentive to provide consistently high-quality products and services in order to protect the reputation of the brand. brand names are always economically wasteful since they dupe consumers into buying more expensive goods and services that are no different from generic versions. it is always rational to prefer brand names over generic substitutes. read the following example and determine whether it illustrates a common critique or defense of advertising. musashi sees a commercial for a brand x clothing company that depicts the wearers of the clothes out having a good time with friends. although he doesn't particularly need new clothes, the commercial prompts him to buy a brand x t-shirt.

As a result of a labeling mistake at the chemical factory, a farmer accidentally sprays weedkiller rather than fertilizer on half her land. as a result, she loses half of her productive farmland. if the property of diminishing returns applies to all factors of production, she should expect to seea. a decrease in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and an increase in the marginal productivity of her labor. b. an increase in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and an increase in the marginal productivity of her labor. c. an increase in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and a decrease in the marginal productivity of her labor. d. a decrease in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and a decrease in the marginal productivity of her labor.