Which of the following accurately describes how raising the required reserve ratio reduces the money supply? a. when the required reserve ratio is raised, banks have less incentive to give loans because they make less profit on these loans. b. when the required reserve ratio is raised, banks can loan out a larger portion of their reserves, leaving less of a supply on hand. c. when the required reserve ratio is raised, banks must loan out a smaller portion of their reserves, resulting in fewer loans. d. when the required reserve ratio is raised, banks must raise interest rates so that fewer people can afford to take loans. 2b2t

Melissa is a very generous single woman. before this year, she had given over $11,400,000 in taxable gifts over the years and has completely exhausted her applicable credit amount. in the current year, melissa gave her daughter riley $100,000 and promptly filed her gift tax return. melissa did not make any other gifts this year. how much gift tax must riley pay the irs because of this transaction?

Ardmore farm and seed has an inventory dilemma. they have been selling a brand of very popular insect spray for the past year. they have never really analyzed the costs incurred from ordering and holding the inventory and currently fave a large stock of the insecticide in the warehouse. they estimate that it costs $25 to place an order, and it costs $0.25 per gallon to hold the spray. the annual requirements total 80,000 gallons for a 365 day year.a. assuming that 10,000 gallons are ordered each time an order is placed, estimate the annual inventory costs.b. calculate the eoq.c. given the eoq calculated in part b., how many orders should be placed and what is the average inventory balance? d. if it takes seven days to receive an order from suppliers, at what inventory level should ardmore place another order?

If a hotel has 100 rooms, and each room takes 25 minutes to clean, how many housekeepers working 8-hour shifts does the hotel need at 50 percent occupancy?