Allied inc., a beverage manufacturer, follows a societal marketing orientation. it wants to revamp its existing containers as they were found to be harmful to its users. in this case, allied inc. should:
a. change the label of the old containers and use them.
b. produce containers that are less toxic than its previous containers.
c. sell containers that will leave high amounts of chemical wastes when burned.
d. manufacture containers that cannot be reused.

Clonex labs, inc., uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. the following data are available for one department for october: percent completed units materials conversion work in process, october 1 53,000 90 % 65 % work in process, october 31 29,000 74 % 52 % the department started 381,000 units into production during the month and transferred 405,000 completed units to the next department. required: compute the equivalent units of production for october.

Define the marginal rate of substitution between two goods (x and y). if a consumer’s preferences are given by u(x,y) = x3/4y1/4, compute the consumer’s marginal rate of substitution as a function of x and y. calculate the mrs if the consumer has chosen to consumer 48 units of x and 16 units of y. show your work. (use the back of the page if necessary.

What do you think: would it be more profitable to own 200 shares of penny’s pickles or 1 share of exxon? why do you think that?