2001 was a bad year for Red Delicious apple farmers in Washington State. The market price for Red Delicious apples was $10.61 per box. As a result, many farmers decided not to pick the apples off their trees and instead let them rot. Assuming that the Red Delicious apple market was perfectly competitive, is it possible that these farmers were profit maximizing when they decided to let their apples rot in the short-run

Your parents have accumulated a $170,000 nest egg. they have been planning to use this money to pay college costs to be incurred by you and your sister, courtney. however, courtney has decided to forgo college and start a nail salon. your parents are giving courtney $20,000 to her get started, and they have decided to take year-end vacations costing $8,000 per year for the next four years. use 8 percent as the appropriate interest rate throughout this problem. use appendix a and appendix d for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. a. how much money will your parents have at the end of four years to you with graduate school, which you will start then?

Gwen, a manager at exude apparels inc., received a message from a customer requesting a replacement for a purchased pair of shoes. exude apparels has a clearly stated no-return policy. gwen responded to the customer denying the request in a tactful and clear manner. despite this, the customer submitted a second request. in this scenario, which of the following is an appropriate response to the second request?

Brenda wants a new car that will be dependable transportation and look good. she wants to satisfy both functional and psychological needs. true or false