The edict on maximum prices, established by the roman emperor diocletian, created price ceilings on various jobs and goods in a failed effort to curb inflation. for example, legal pay for a farm laborer could be no more than 10.8¢ a day (payment set in modern currency). if the market rate of farm labor was 12¢ a day, which would be a plausible consequence of this law? select one:
a. an increase in unemployment for farm hands
b. nothing unusual
c. farms would produce more food than they otherwise would
d. a laborer would work less hard than he otherwise would

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Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)

You are bearish on telecom and decide to sell short 100 shares at the current market price of $50 per share. a. how much in cash or securities must you put into your brokerage account if the broker’s initial margin requirement is 50% of the value of the short position? b. how high can the price of the stock go before you get a margin call if the maintenance margin is 30% of the value of the short position? (input the amount as a positive value. round your answer to 2 decimal places.)