Gertrude Kelp owns three boats that participate in commercial fishing for fresh Pacific salmon off the coast of Alaska. As part of her business she hires a captain and several crew members for each boat. In the market for fresh Pacific salmon, there are thousands of firms like Gertrude's. While Gertrude usually catches a significant number of fish each year, her contribution to the entire harvest of salmon is negligible relative to the size of the market. If the price of fresh Pacific salmon were to decrease significantly, it is most likely that Gertrude would:.
A. hire more crew members.
B. reduce her demand for crew members.
C. become a seller in at least one factor market.
D. hire more boats.

Uppose the book-printing industry is competitive and begins in a long-run equilibrium. then hi-tech printing company invents a new process that sharply reduces the cost of printing books. suppose hi-tech's patent prevents other firms from using the new technology. which of the following statements are true about what happens in the short run? check all that apply. hi-tech's average-total-cost curve shifts downward. hi-tech's profits increase. the price of books remains the same. hi-tech's marginal-cost curve remains the same.

Miller mfg. is analyzing a proposed project. the company expects to sell 8,000 units, plus or minus 2 percent. the expected variable cost per unit is $11 and the expected fixed costs are $287,000. the fixed and variable cost estimates are considered accurate within a plus or minus 5 percent range. the depreciation expense is $68,000. the tax rate is 32 percent. the sales price is estimated at $64 a unit, plus or minus 3 percent. what is the earnings before interest and taxes under the base case scenario?

You are the manager of the packaging department in a cookie factory. (obviously, the packaging employees cannot eat the cookies that are transferred in during the period.) after your employees insert cookies into colorful packages (step 1) for display on store shelves, the packages of cookies are then boxed using cardboard cartons (step 2) for shipment to stores. each unit of product is represented by a carton of packaged cookies. the packaging department began the period with 1,000 units of cookies. during the period, 5,000 units of cookies were transferred in from the baking department and 5,500 units of cookies were transferred out to the finished goods department. the number of units of cookies in the ending inventory of the packaging department equals: