A firm is asked to find the company’s Break-Even and Shut-Down points. Variable Costs remains at $1,280 per employee per month. Fixed Costs remains at $1,000.00. Graph the D, MR, MC, ATC, AFC, and AVC on one graph. Find and label both the Break-Even and Shut-Down points?

Q TC VC FC ATC AVC AFC MC

0 1000

100 2280

180 3560

250 4840

310 6120

360 7400

Carol is a recent high-school graduate with an excellent grade point average. after much thought, she decides to pursue a graduate degree in physics after she finishes her undergraduate degree and eventually become a professor. to attain this goal, she realizes that she must first study hard and do well in her undergraduate classes, then take the graduate entrance exam and apply to the best graduate programs in her field. along the way, she wants to obtain an internship, as this will her get into a quality graduate program. which motivational mechanism of the goal-setting process does this scenario demonstrate?