a. Using the regular percentage change method, what is the price elasticity of supply starting at a price of $40 per umbrella and moving to a price of $60 per umbrella? 1000 b. Using the regular percentage change method, when the price of umbrellas falls from $100 per umbrella to $80 per umbrella, the decrease in price is a -1.33 % decrease. The decrease in quantity supplied is a % decrease. Therefore, the elasticity of supply is . c. If the elasticity of supply for umbrellas is 1.1, then an increase in the price of umbrellas of 20% will the quantity supplied by %.

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Dahlia enterprises needs someone to supply it with 127,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. it will cost you $940,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project’s life. you estimate that in five years, this equipment can be salvaged for $77,000. your fixed production costs will be $332,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $11.00 per carton. you also need an initial investment in net working capital of $82,000. if your tax rate is 30 percent and your required return is 11 percent on your investment, what bid price should you submit? (do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Explain whether each of the following events increases, decreases, or has no effect on the unemployment rate and the labor-force participation rate.a. after a long search, jon finds a job.b. tyrion, a full-time college student, graduates and is immediately employed.c. after an unsuccessful job search, arya gives up looking and retires.d. daenerys quits her job to become a stay-at-home mom.e. sansa has a birthday, becomes an adult, but has no interest in working.f. jaime has a birthday, becomes an adult, and starts looking for a job.g. cersei dies while enjoying retirement.h. jorah dies working long hours at the office.