Nozzle is a specially designed product that retro fits into your existing water faucet and atomizes the water stream in a spray that lets you use 98% less water when washing hands, brushing teeth, and washing produce or dishes. some consider this a game changer for environmental protection, especially in regions of water scarcity. this product would be categorized as: a. a repositioned product.
b. an addition to existing product lines.
c. a revised product.
d. a discontinuous innovation.

Four analysts cover the stock of fluorine chemical. one forecasts a 6% return for the coming year. the second expects the return to be negative 6%. the third predicts a return of 8%. the fourth expects a 2% return in the coming year. you are relatively confident that the return will be positive but not large, so you arbitrarily assign probabilities of being correct of 35 % comma 8 %, 17 %, and 40%, respectively, to the analysts' forecasts. given these probabilities, what is fluorine chemicals expected return for the coming year

German brothels recently began offering a monthly subscription service for multiple purchasers. if you thought that the brothels' encouragement of prostitution was immoral to begin with, would you consider this pricing plan to be even more immoral? suppose a particular patron at a german brothel has the following willingness-to-pay schedule for services at the brothel, per session. session willingness to pay 1st $84 2nd $72 3rd $60 4th $48 5th $36 6th $24 suppose this consumer would not demand any more sessions, even for free. also assume that the marginal cost to the brothel, per session, is constant at $12. at a price of $78.00 per session, the number of sessions demanded by this consumer would be . at this price and quantity, consumer surplus is $ and producer surplus is $ . suppose the brothel has devised a new pricing scheme for consumers who demand more than 1 session. this pricing scheme is a subscription service, whereby consumers can pay a flat fee of $259.20 and can have up to 6 sessions total. using this subscription pricing model, this consumer would demand sessions. under this scenario, consumer surplus is $ and producer surplus is $ . (hint: for consumer surplus, consider how much total value the consumer places on all sessions, versus the total price paid.)

Jason is looking for an engagement ring to offer his girlfriend. he has found a similar ring at each of four different jewelry stores. he doesn't have enough money to pay for the ring in cash, so he is planning on opening a line of credit (credit card) at the store he ends up buying the ring from. the chart below outlines the difference in the price of the rings the different stores offer as well as the difference in credit options. jason plans to pay off the ring purchase in 36 months. according to the information in the table, which of the jewelry stores will have the cheapest ring in the end?