The advantage that focused companies have over their broad market rivals is that they: a. can sell on non-price factors, such as design or customer service. b. can respond to demands for deep price discounts. c. sell fewer products in bulk to outsell their rivals. d. can initiate a price war in order to grow volume and drive its weaker rivals out of the industry. e. can absorb cost increases that may be passed on downstream by powerful suppliers.

Suzanna decided not to pay federal income tax, saying that paying federal income tax is optional. describe two possible consequences of suzanna’s decision

Guardian inc. is trying to develop an asset-financing plan. the firm has $450,000 in temporary current assets and $350,000 in permanent current assets. guardian also has $550,000 in fixed assets. assume a tax rate of 40 percent. a. construct two alternative financing plans for guardian. one of the plans should be conservative, with 70 percent of assets financed by long-term sources, and the other should be aggressive, with only 56.25 percent of assets financed by long-term sources. the current interest rate is 12 percent on long-term funds and 7 percent on short-term financing. compute the annual interest payments under each plan.

Alarge tank is filled to capacity with 500 gallons of pure water. brine containing 2 pounds of salt per gallon is pumped into the tank at a rate of 5 gal/min. the well-mixed solution is pumped out at the same rate. find the number a(t) of pounds of salt in the tank at time t.