Consider the inverse demand curve: p equals 80 minus 2 Upper Q. Assume the market price is $25.00. Calculate consumer surplusLOADING... at the equilibrium market price and quantity. Consumer surplus (CS) is $ nothing. (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places.)

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.

"consists of larger societal forces that affect how a company engages and serves its customers."

Aneighborhood home owners association suspects that the recent appraisal values of the houses in the neighborhood conducted by the county government for taxation purposes is too high. it hired a private company to appraise the values of ten houses in the neighborhood. the results, in thousands of dollars, are?