Which of the following is consistent with the law of demand? A. A doubling of the price of salt led to a 5 percent drop in the quantity of salt purchased. B. Airplanes flew with more passengers after deregulation of airlines. C. An increase in the supply of oranges causes a decrease in the consumption of oranges. D. The state of Washington has less apple regulation than California, and apple production is higher in California.

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss)