Which of the following is not a reason for america to keep its current system of measurement? a. it would be too expensive and time consuming to switch everything over to metric. b. since the american system is decimal based, it is easy to convert between different units of measure. c. the american system works most easily with fractions which, some argue, are preferable on a day-to-day basis. d. the units and terms involved with the american system are smaller and easier to use than those in the metric system.

Problems and applications q5 four roommates are planning to spend the weekend in their dorm room watching old movies, and they are debating how many to watch. here is their willingness to pay for each film: willingness to pay (dollars) shen antonio dmitri jake first film 10 9 8 3 second film 8 7 6 2 third film 6 5 4 1 fourth film 4 3 2 0 fifth film 2 1 0 0 within the dorm room, the showing of a movie a public good. if it costs $12 to rent a movie, the roommates should rent movies in order to maximize the total surplus. suppose the roommates choose to rent the optimal number of movies you just indicated and then split the cost of renting equally. this means that each roommate will pay $ .