Data concerning nelson company's activity for the first six months of the year appear below:
machine hours electrical cost
january 4,000 $3,120
february 6,000 $4,460
march 4,800 $3,500
april 3,800 $3,040
may 3,600 $2,900
june 4,200 $3,200
using the high-low method of analysis, the estimated monthly fixed component of the electrical cost is: (a) $1,520 (b) $440 (c) $260 (d) $560

Stormie zanzibar owns a bakery in the fictitious country of olombia. each month the government’s market ministry mails her a large list of the regulated price of goods which include products like bread, muffins and flat bread. the list also dictates the types of goods she can sell at the bakery and what she is to charge. because of the regulations placed on these goods, stormie has increased her production of sweets, pies, cakes, croissants and buns and decreased her supply of breads, muffins and flat bread. she has taken these steps because the sweet goods’ prices are not government controlled. stormie zanzibar lives under what type of economy?