Table 13-13 teacher's is a small company that has a subcontract to produce instructional materials for disabled children in public school districts. the owner rents several small rooms in an office building in the suburbs for $600 a month and has leased computer equipment that costs $480 a month. output (instructional modules per month) fixed costs variable costs total cost average fixed cost average variable cost average total cost marginal cost 0 $1,080 1 $1,080 $ 400 $1,480 $400 2 $965 $450 3 $1,350 $2,430 4 $1,900 $475 5 $2,500 $216 6 $4,280 $700 7 $4,100 8 $5,400 $135 9 $7,300 10 $10,880 $980 refer to table 13-13. what is the marginal cost of creating the tenth instructional module in a given month

Which of the following is an effective strategy when interest rates are falling? a. use long-term loans to take advantage of current low rates. b. use short-term loans to take advantage of lower rates when you refinance a loan. c. deposit to a short-term savings instrumentals to take advantage of higher interest rates when they mature. d.select short-term savings instruments to lock in earnings at a current high rates.

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

When gathering information about certain occupations, be sure to understand how you are paid. what is the difference between a salary and an hourly wage?