Two months ago, the owner of a car dealership (and a current football star) significantly changed his sales manager’s compensation plan. under the old plan, the manager was paid a salary of $6,000 per month; under the new plan, she receives 2 percent of the sales price of each car sold. during the past two months, the number of cars sold increased by 40 percent, but the dealership’s margins (and profits) significantly declined. according to the sales manager, "consumers are driving harder bargains and i have had to authorize significantly lower prices to remain competitive." what advice would you give the owner of the dealership?

Emerson has an associate degree based on the chart below how will his employment opportunities change from 2008 to 2018

Jessica thinks that everyone would be better off if financial institutions stopped issuing credit. which statement accurately supports her argument? people would pay less in interest fees. people would have greater protection in case of emergencies. people would need to save for many years to buy a home or open a business. people would support the economy through purchases of more goods and services.

In march 2012, the state of california started requiring that all packaging for food and drink with the additive 4-methylimidazole (4-mi) be clearly labeled with a cancer warning. because of this, both pepsi and coke changed their formula to eliminate 4-mi as an ingredient. if pepsi and coke did not change their formula, holding all else constant, what would have happened to the demand for these goods, assuming pepsi and coke were in a competitive market? a. the demand curve for both pepsi and coke would have shifted to the right, causing the price of both products to decrease and the profits for the companies to fall. b. the demand curve for pepsi and coke would have remained unchanged, but the price of both products would have decreased and the profits for the companies would have fallen. c. the demand curve for pepsi and coke would have decreased, but the prices and profits would not have changed. d. the demand curve for only one of them would change because pepsi and coke are substitutes. e. the demand curve for pepsi and coke would have shifted to the left, causing the price of both products to decrease and the profits for both companies to fall.