Justin Brimer owns his own taxi, for which he bought a $20,000 permit to operate two years ago. Mr. Brimer earns $60,000 a year operating as an independent but has the opportunity to sell the taxi and permit for $73,000 and take a position as dispatcher for Carter Taxi Co. The dispatcher position pays $55,000 a year for a 40-hour week. Driving his own taxi, Mr. Brimer works approximately 55 hours per week. If he sells his business, he will invest the $73,000 and can earn a 10 percent return. Required a. Determine the opportunity cost of owning and operating the independent business. b-1. Calculate the earnings of Justin Brimer operating as an independent. b-2. Calculate the earnings of Justin Brimer working as a dispatcher.

the assumption the narrator makes in this excerpt is that the messages he heards were going to hurt the narrator's mom; the narrator just springs in to action. the narrator doesn't specify in this excerpt why he believes that the messages present a problem that requires protection.

answer; communities of interest; i believe this is correct, plz check first good luck;

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

the answer is account d