What is a consequence of following the comparative advantage principle? a. countries only make one kind of good or service. b. wages scale to exactly match the skill of the wage-earners. c. countries become more interdependent on one another for goods and materials. d. goods are traded directly, rather than using monetary trade.

Advanced enterprises reports year-end information from 2018 as follows: sales (160,250 units) $968,000 cost of goods sold 641,000 gross margin 327,000 operating expenses 263,000 operating income $64,000 advanced is developing the 2019 budget. in 2019 the company would like to increase selling prices by 14.5%, and as a result expects a decrease in sales volume of 9%. all other operating expenses are expected to remain constant. assume that cost of goods sold is a variable cost and that operating expenses are a fixed cost. should advanced increase the selling price in 2019?