The Dominican Republic and Nicaragua both produce coffee and rum. The Dominican Republic can produce 18 thousand tons of coffee per year or 9 thousand barrels of rum. Nicaragua can produce 8 thousand tons of coffee per year or 2 thousand barrels of rum.

a. Suppose the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua sign a trade agreement in which each country would specialize in the production of either coffee or rum.

Which country should specialize in coffee? (Click to select) The Dominican Republic Nicaragua

Which country should specialize in rum? (Click to select) The Dominican Republic Nicaragua

Recently, verizon wireless ran a pricing trial in order to estimate the elasticity of demand for its services. the manager selected three states that were representative of its entire service area and increased prices by 5 percent to customers in those areas. one week later, the number of customers enrolled in verizon's cellular plans declined 4 percent in those states, while enrollments in states where prices were not increased remained flat. the manager used this information to estimate the own-price elasticity of demand and, based on her findings, immediately increased prices in all market areas by 5 percent in an attempt to boost the company's 2016 annual revenues. one year later, the manager was perplexed because verizon's 2016 annual revenues were 10 percent lower than those in 2015"the price increase apparently led to a reduction in the company's revenues. did the manager make an error? yes - the one-week measures show demand is inelastic, so a price increase will decrease revenues. yes - the one-week measures show demand is elastic, so a price increase will reduce revenues. yes - cell phone elasticity is likely much larger in the long-run than the short-run. no - the cell phone market must have changed between 2011 and 2012 for this price increase to lower revenues.

When it is 4: 00 a.m. in halifax, it is 1: 00 p.m. in karachi, and when it is 9: 00 a.m. in karachi, it is 5: 00 a.m. in warsaw. mary left halifax to fly to karachi, but she accidentally left her watch on warsaw time. according to mary’s watch, she left halifax at 9: 40 p.m. on monday. the local time when she arrived at karachi was 3: 00 p.m. tuesday. how long was mary’s flight? a. 9 hours, 20 minutes b. 13 hours, 20 minutes c. 14 hours, 20 minutes d. 17 hours, 20 minutes

Who owns a renter-occupied apartment? a. the government b. a landlord c. the resident d. a cooperative