"jasper company, inc. is a wholesaler that buys merchandise in large quantities. its supplier's catalog indicates a list price of $500 per unit on merchandise jasper intends to purchase, and the supplier offers a 30% trade discount for large quantity purchases. the cost of shipping the merchandise is $7 per unit. jasper's net purchase price per unit will be: "

Jasper's net purchase price unit is $357.

Since Jasper orders in large quantities, Japser is eligible for the trader's discount at 30%.

So, the price per unit will be:

Shipping costs are charged by the shipper and Jasper doesn't get any discounts from the shipper. So, we add shipping costs per unit to the discounted price per unit to arrive at the purchase price per unit.

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know

answer; niosh, the national institute for occupational safety and health;