Acme Steel Works produces 2000 tons of pig iron worth $20 per ton. It puts 500 tons of pig iron into storage for next year and uses the rest (1500 tons of pig iron) to produce 1000 tons of steel worth $60 per ton. The entire production of steel is then sold. Overall, in production, Acme pays wages of $25,000, it buys $20,000 worth of coal and $10,000 worth of vanadium, and pays $3,000 in business taxes.

Acme's contribution to GDP is:

$20,000.
$67,000
$70,000.
$100,000.
$40,000
$50,000.

Which of the following accurately describes a surplus? a. consumer demand for a certain car is below the number of cars that are produced. b. the production costs for a certain car are below the sale price of that car. c. a reduction in the cost of steel enables a car company to reduce the sale price of its cars. d. a car company tries to charge too high a price for a car and has to reduce the price. 2b2t

Aquatic marine stores company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. aquatic uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 3 pounds per unit; $ 6 per pound direct labor: 4 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour during the first quarter, aquatic produced 5 comma 000 units of this product. actual direct materials and direct labor costs were $ 65 comma 000 and $ 330 comma 000, respectively. for the purpose of preparing the flexible budget, calculate the total standard direct materials cost at a production volume of 5 comma 000 units.

How does your household gain from specialization and comparative advantage? (what is produced, what is not produced yet paid to a specialist to produce? )