Suppose the cost of operating a 100 room hotel for a night is $10,000 and there are 5 empty rooms for tonight. if the marginal cost of operating one room for one night is $30 and a customer is willing to pay $60 for the night, the hotel manager should

a. rent the room because the marginal benefit exceeds the marginal cost.

b. rent the room because the marginal benefit exceeds the average cost.

c. not rent the room because the marginal benefit is less than the marginal cost.

d. not rent the room because the marginal benefit is less than the average cost.

Which of the following statements is correct? stockholders should generally be happier than bondholders to have managers invest in risky projects with high potential returns as opposed to safe projects with lower expected returns. potential conflicts between stockholders and bondholders are increased if a firm's bonds are convertible into its common stock. takeovers are most likely to be attempted if the target firm’s stock price is above its intrinsic value. one advantage of operating a business as a corporation is that stockholders can deduct their pro rata share of the taxes the firm pays, thereby eliminating the double taxation investors would face in a partnership.