Clean, inc. cleans and waxes floors for commercial customers. the company is presently operating at less than capacity with equipment and employees idle at times. the company recently received an order from a potential customer outside the company's normal geographic service region for a price of $30,000. the size of the proposed job is 43,000 square feet. the company's normal service costs are as follows: unit-level materials $0.41 per square foot
unit-level labor $0.48 per square foot
unit-level variable overhead $0.31 per square foot
facility-level overhead allocated at $0.33 per square foot

if the company accepts the special offer:

a. the company will earn $13,550 on the job.

b. the company will lose $8,050 on the job.

c. the company will lose $22,000 on the job.

d. the company will lose $36,850 on the job.

White truffles are a very prized and rare edible fungus that grow naturally in the countryside near alba, italy. suppose that it costs $200 per day to search for white truffles. on an average day, the total number of white truffles (t) found in alba is t = 20x − x 2 , where x is the number of people searching for white truffles on that day. white truffles can be sold for $100 each. if there is no regulation, how many more people will be searching for white truffles than the socially optimal number?

Janis owns and operates a store in a country experiencing a high rate of inflation. in order to prevent the value of money in her cash register from falling too quickly, janis sends an employee to the bank four times per day to make deposits in a interest-bearing account that protects the store's revenues from the effects of inflation. this is an example of the (menu costs/ unit of account costs/ shoesleather costs) of inflation. pick one

The new york times (nov. 30, 1993) reported that “the inability of opec to agree last week to cut production has sent the oil market into turmoil . . [leading to] the lowest price for domestic crude oil since june 1990.” why were the members of opec trying to agree to cut production? so they could save more oil for future consumption so they could lower the price so they could raise the price why do you suppose opec was unable to agree on cutting production? because each country has a different production capacity because each country experiences different production costs because each country has an incentive to cheat on any agreement the newspaper also noted opec’s view “that producing nations outside the organization, like norway and britain, should do their share and cut production.” what does the phrase “do their share” suggest about opec’s desired relationship with norway and britain? opec would like norway and britain to keep their production levels high. opec would like norway and britain to act competitively. opec would like norway and britain to join the cartel.