Luis, a supply manager at Benson Corp., calls a sales representative at OffPro Distributors to place an order for 50 reams of copy paper for official purposes. OffPro Distributors purchases the required goods from Ranson Inc. and delivers the goods to Luis the next day. In this scenario, OffPro Distributors is an example of a(n) .

Atlas manufacturing produces a unique valve, and has the capacity to produce 50,000 valves annually. currently atlas produces 40,000 valves and is thinking about increasing production to 45,000 valves next year. what is the most likely behavior of total manufacturing costs and unit manufacturing costs given this change? a. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will also increase. b. total manufacturing costs will stay the same and unit manufacturing costs will stay the same. c. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will decrease. d. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will stay the same.

How do communism and socialism differ in terms of the role that government plays in the economy ?

Any point on a country's production possibilities frontier represents a combination of two goods that an economy: