Tharp Industries sells wood pellets at a normal selling price of $200 per ton. The variable cost per ton is $70, and the company's total fixed cost is $100,000 per month. The company has excess capacity of 50,000 tons per month. Management was recently contacted by a potential buyer with whom they had no prior experience. The buyer offered to buy a special order of 200 tons at a discount price of $146 per ton. The order calls for a lower quality of raw materials that would decrease variable costs associated with it by $4 per ton over the normal variable cost. The special order would also increase fixed costs by $20,000. If the special order is accepted, operating income will decrease by $ .

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know

answer; ///(d); determining who competes most closely   with whom evaluating whether industry driving forces and competitive pressure favor some strategic groups and hurt others, and ascertaining whether the profit potential of different strategic groups varies due to the strengths and weaknesses in each groups respective market positions;