The assertion that "there is no free lunch" means that:
a. there are always tradeoffs between economic goals.
b. all production involves the use of scarce resources and thus the sacrifice of alternative goods.
c. marginal analysis is not used in economic reasoning.
d. choices need not be made if behavior is rational.

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?

Kcompany estimates that overhead costs for the next year will be $4,900,000 for indirect labor and $1,000,000 for factory utilities. the company uses direct labor hours as its overhead allocation base. if 100,000 direct labor hours are planned for this next year, what is the company's plantwide overhead rate?

In order to stay on track for long term financial goals, money for emergency spending should be taken first from your savings account. discretionary money. fixed expense money. net income.