Organic foods in local stores are typically more expensive than conventional foods. The table below compares recent organic and conventional prices per pound for carrots and apples. Use the table to answer the questions. A table showing the first column, Organic Price and the second column, Conventional Price. The first row is Carrots with the entries, $1. 51 per pound and $0. 77 per pound. The second row is Apples with the entries $2. 34 per pound and $1. 57 per pound. The third row is Onions with the entries $1. 57 per pound and $0. 93 per pound. Do the organic prices vary directly with the conventional prices? If so, identify k. Does the total cost of organic apples vary directly with the number of pounds of organic apples purchased? If so, identify k.

Galwaysc electronics makes two products. model a requires component a and component c. model b requires component b and component c. new versions of both models are released each year with updated versions of all components. all components are sourced overseas, and abc contracts annually for a quantity of each component before seeing that year’s demand. components are only assembled into finished products once demand for each model is known. for the coming year, alwaysc’s purchasing manner has proposed ordering 500,000 units of component a, 630,000 of component b, and 1,000,000 units of component c. her boss has asked why she has recommended purchasing so much of components a and b when alwaysc will not have enough of component c to fully use all of the inventory of a and b. what factors might the purchasing manager cite to explain her recommended order? explain your reasoning.