Afirm has established a distribution network for the supply of components shipped to it's warehouses. currently there are two origins for these components. the current network has the following characteristics: costs w 1 w 2 w3 supply dc 1 $7 $12 $11 400 dc2 $3 $9 $8 600 demand 500 500 500 the firm has identified two potential sites; these are identified as distribution center 3 and distribution center 4. from dc3, the costs to ship would be $11 to w1, $15 to w2, and $8 to w3. from dc4, these costs would be $10, $7, and $20 respectively. the new source, wherever it is located, will have a capacity of 500 units.

a. what is the optimal solution with evaluating dc3? $
b. what is the optimal solution with evaluating dc4? $
c. which site should be selected?

Consider the local telephone company, a natural monopoly. the following graph shows the monthly demand curve for phone services and the company’s marginal revenue (mr), marginal cost (mc), and average total cost (atc) curves. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 price (dollars per subscription) quantity (thousands of subscriptions) d mr mc atc 8, 60 suppose that the government has decided not to regulate this industry, and the firm is free to maximize profits, without constraints. complete the first row of the following table. pricing mechanism short run long-run decision quantity price profit (subscriptions) (dollars per subscription) profit maximization marginal-cost pricing average-cost pricing suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to marginal cost. complete the second row of the previous table. suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to average total cost. complete the third row of the previous table. under average-cost pricing, the government will raise the price of output whenever a firm’s costs increase, and lower the price whenever a firm’s costs decrease. over time, under the average-cost pricing policy, what will the local telephone company most likely do

Kimberly has been jonah in preparing his personal income tax forms for a couple of years. jonah's boss recommended kimberly because she had done a good job setting up the company's new accounting system. jonah is very satisfied with kimberly's work and feels that the fees she charges are quite reasonable. kimberly would be classified as a(n) (a) independent auditor (b) private accountant (c) public accountant (d) accounting broker

You want to have $80,000 in your savings account 11 years from now, and you’re prepared to make equal annual deposits into the account at the end of each year. if the account pays 6.30 percent interest, what amount must you deposit each year? (do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)