Illegal harvesting of venus fly traps is responsible for species decline in north carolina. the demand for illegally harvested venus fly traps is: p (mb) = 800−2q where p is price per plant (in dollars) and q is the total number of plants harvested. the venus fly trap grow in a number of sites covering a large amount of area in the coastal plains of north carolina. the regulatory agency in charge of regulating the trade in venus fly traps, the us fish and wildlife service, has limited resources available for monitoring. answer the following: a. without any monitoring (the probability of getting caught is zero) how many plants do you expect to be harvested? b. the current fine for being caught with an illegally harvested venus fly trap is $2000 per plant and the probability of being caught poaching venus fly traps is equal to 0.1 (10%). how many plants would you expect to be harvested? (hint: set marginal expected fine equal to marginal benefit (demand)

Outstanding stock consists of 8,300 shares of cumulative 7% preferred stock with a $10 par value and 4,300 shares of common stock with a $1 par value. during the first three years of operation, the corporation declared and paid the following total cash dividends. year dividend declared 2016 $ 0 2017 $ 7,300 2018 $ 45,000 the amount of dividends paid to preferred and common shareholders in 2018 is:

Suppose that jim plans to borrow money for an education at texas a& m university. jim will need to borrow $25,000 at the end of each year for the next five years (total=$125,000). jim wishes his parents could pay for his education but they can’t. at least, he qualifies for government loans with a reduced interest rate while he is in school. he has a special arrangement with aggiebank to lend him the money at a subsidized rate of 1% over five years without having to make a payment until the end of the fifth year. however, at the end of the fifth year, jim agrees to pay off the loan by borrowing from longhorn bank. longhorn bank will lend him the money he needs at an annual interest rate of 6%. jim agrees to pay back the longhorn bank with 20 annual payments and the payments will be uniform (equal annual payments including principal and interest). (i) calculate how much money jim has to borrow at the end of 5 years to pay off the loan with aggiebank. a. $121,336 b. $127,525 c. $125,000 d. $102,020 e. none of the above

Which curve shows increasing opportunity cost as you give up more of one option? demand curve bow-shaped curve yield curve indifference curve