Uanita: hi neha, i'm working on my aplia homework and realized that i do not understand the definition of the labor force very well. does it include discouraged workers? neha: hi juanita, the conventional definition of the labor force excludes discouraged workers. this is because they gave up looking for jobs . also, be sure not to mistake discouraged workers for part-time workers. the key difference is that the latter are low-skilled workers . juanita: i think i understand it now, you. neha: let me ask you a question to see if you can apply your knowledge. consider an economy with 20 full-time workers, 16 part-time workers, 10 workers who have been laid off but are actively looking for a new job, and 3 formerly full-time workers who have been without a job for over a year, failed to find any, and gave up looking. can you calculate the total labor force and the unemployment

Cadbury has a chocolate factory in dunedin, new zealand. for easter, it makes two kinds of “easter eggs”: milk chocolate and dark chocolate. it cycles between producing milk and dark chocolate eggs. the table below provides data on these two products. demand (lbs per hour) milk: 500 dark: 200 switchover time (minutes) milk: 60 dark: 30 production rate per hour milk: 800 dark: 800 for example, it takes 30 minutes to switch production from milk to dark chocolate. demand for milk chocolate is higher (500lbs per hour versus 200 lbs per hour), but the line produces them at the same rate (when operating): 800 lbs per hour. a : suppose cadbury produces 2,334lbs milk chocolate and 1,652 lbs of dark chocolate in each cycle. what would be the maximum inventory (lbs) of milk chocolate? b : how many lbs of milk and dark chocolate should be produced with each cycle so as to satisfy demand while minimizing inventory?