You are the manager in a market composed of eight firms, each of which has a 12.5 percent market share. in addition, each firm has a strong financial position and is located within a 100-mile radius of its competitors. instruction: enter your responses rounded to the nearest penny (two decimal places). a. calculate the premerger herfindahl-hirschman index (hhi) for this market. b. suppose that any two of these firms merge. what is the postmerger hhi? c. based only on the information contained in this question and on the u. s. department of justice horizontal merger guidelines described in this chapter, do you think the justice department would attempt to block a merger between any two of the firms?

Identifying transactions national park tours co. is a travel agency. the nine transactions recorded by national park tours during may 2019, its first month of operations, are indicated in the following t accounts: cash (1) 75,000 (2) 900 (7) 8,150 (3) 1,600 (4) 6,280 (6) 2,700 (9) 2,500 accounts receivable (5) 12,300 (7) 8,150 supplies (2) 900 (8) 660 equipment (3) 8,000 accounts payable (6) 2,700 (3) 6,400 beth worley, capital (1) 75,000 beth worley, drawing (9) 2,500 fees earned (5) 12,300 operating expenses (4) 6,280 (8) 660 indicate for each debit and each credit (a) whether an asset, liability, owner's equity, drawing, revenue, or expense account was affected and (b) whether the account was increased (+) or decreased account debited account credited transaction type effect type effect (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

Suppose jamal purchases a pair of running shoes online for $60. if his state has a sales tax on clothing of 6 percent, how much is he required to pay in state sales tax?

Describe the three different ways the argument section of a cover letter can be formatted