Country a is a main producer of agricultural goods. in the past three years, farmers in country a have seen their sales drop because consumers have begun to buy cheaper imported produce from country b. not wanting the income of its farmers to drop, the government of country a imposes a tax on all agricultural imports from country b so that those goods are more expensive, and therefore less attractive, to consumers. the farmers in country a see their incomes begin to rise. two months later, country b retaliates by levying a tax on all imports from country a. because the manufacturing firms in country a lose business from the country they export to the most, they are forced to close. what impact did the tariff that country a imposed on country b have?

Kiona co. set up a petty cash fund for payments of small amounts. the following transactions involving the petty cash fund occurred in may (the last month of the company's fiscal year). may 1 prepared a company check for $350 to establish the petty cash fund. 15 prepared a company check to replenish the fund for the following expenditures made since may 1. a. paid $109.20 for janitorial services. b. paid $89.15 for miscellaneous expenses. c. paid postage expenses of $60.90. d. paid $80.01 to the county gazette (the local newspaper) for an advertisement. e. counted $26.84 remaining in the petty cashbox. 16 prepared a company check for $200 to increase the fund to $550. 31 the petty cashier reports that $380.27 cash remains in the fund. a company check is drawn to replenish the fund for the following expenditures made since may 15. f. paid postage expenses of $59.10. g. reimbursed the office manager for business mileage, $47.05. h. paid $48.58 to deliver merchandise to a customer, terms fob destination. 31 the company decides that the may 16 increase in the fund was too large. it reduces the fund by $50, leaving a total of $500.

In a small group, members have taken on the task roles of information giver, critic/analyzer, and recorder, and the maintenance roles of gatekeeper and follower. they need to fulfill one more role. which of the following would be most effective for their group dynamics? a dominator b coordinator c opinion seeker d harmonizer

True or false: a fitted model with more predictors will necessarily have a lower training set error than a model with fewer predictors.