Roger mcdonald decides to open up a series of liquor stores in his home state. he calls his chain mcdonald's and uses a large, blue, curvy m as his logo. mcdonald's corporation, the famous fast food restaurant chain, wants him to stop using the curvy m, as it resembles mcdonald's corporation's famous golden arches. assuming that the association with a liquor store would likely harm mcdonald's corporation's reputation, mcdonald's corporation wants to stop roger from using the blue m. which statement is true?
a. mcdonald's can stop him from using the blue m only if there is a substantial likelihood of confusion by consumers. b. mcdonald's can stop him from using the blue m if the similarity between the marks creates an association between them. c. mcdonald's cannot stop him from using the blue m because mcdonald's cannot trademark an entire letter of the alphabet. d. mcdonald's cannot stop him from using the blue m because it is not identical to the golden arches.

Consider the following scenarios. use what you have learned to decide if the goods and services being provided are individual, public, or merit goods. for each case, state what kind of good has been described and explain your answer using the definitions of individual, public, and merit goods. (6 points each) 1. from your window, you can see a city block that's on fire. you watch city firefighters rescue people and battle the flames to save the buildings. 2. while visiting relatives, you learn that your cousins attend a nearby elementary school that is supported financially by local property tax revenue. 3. you see a squadron of military jets flying overhead. 4. you find out that your aunt works for a defense manufacturing company that has several defense contracts with the government. she tells you that she works for a team that is producing a communications satellite. 5. your class visits a local jail run by a private, profit-making company that detains county criminals and is paid with tax revenue.

One question from a survey was "how many credit cards do you currently have? " the results of the survey are provided. complete parts (a) through (g) below. click the icon to view the survey results. (a) determine the mean number of credit cards based on the raw data. the mean is 3.113.11 credit cards. (type an integer or a decimal. do not round.) (b) determine the standard deviation number of credit cards based on the raw data. the standard deviation is 1.9111.911 credit cards. (round to three decimal places as needed.) (c) determine a probability distribution for the random variable, x, the number of credit cards issued to an individual. x (# of cards) p(x) x (# of cards) p(x) 1 0.280.28 6 nothing 2 nothing 7 nothing 3 nothing 8 nothing 4 nothing 9 nothing 5 nothing 10 nothing (type integers or decimals. do not round.)

Hundreds of a bank's customers have called the customer service call center to complain that they are receiving text messages on their phone telling them to access a website and enter personal information to resolve an issue with their account. what action should the bank take?