Connie has a monthly income of $ 200 that she allocates among two goods: meat and potatoes. a. suppose meat costs $ 4 per pound and potatoes $ 2 per pound. draw her budget constraint. b. suppose also that her utility function is given by the equation u( m, p) = 2m + p. what combination of meat and potatoes should she buy to maximize her utility? ( hint: meat and potatoes are perfect substitutes.) c. connie’s supermarket has a special promotion. if she buys 20 pounds of potatoes (at $2 per pound), she gets the next 10 pounds for free. this offer applies only to the first 20 pounds she buys. all potatoes in excess of the first 20 pounds (excluding bonus potatoes) are still $ 2 per pound. draw her budget constraint. d. an outbreak of potato rot raises the price of potatoes to $ 4 per pound. the supermarket ends its promotion. what does her budget constraint look like now? what combination of meat and potatoes maximizes her utility?

Assume today is december 31, 2013. barrington industries expects that its 2014 after-tax operating income [ebit(1 – t)] will be $400 million and its 2014 depreciation expense will be $70 million. barrington's 2014 gross capital expenditures are expected to be $120 million and the change in its net operating working capital for 2014 will be $25 million. the firm's free cash flow is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4.5% annually. assume that its free cash flow occurs at the end of each year. the firm's weighted average cost of capital is 8.6%; the market value of the company's debt is $2.15 billion; and the company has 180 million shares of common stock outstanding. the firm has no preferred stock on its balance sheet and has no plans to use it for future capital budgeting projects. using the corporate valuation model, what should be the company's stock price today (december 31, 2013)? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations.

Jacob is a member of wcc (an llc taxed as a partnership). jacob was allocated $155,000 of business income from wcc for the year. jacob’s marginal income tax rate is 37 percent. the business allocation is subject to 2.9 percent of self-employment tax and 0.9 percent additional medicare tax. (round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar a) what is the amount of tax jacob will owe on the income allocation if the income is not qualified business income? b) what is the amount of tax jacob will owe on the income allocation if the income is qualified business income (qbi) and jacob qualifies for the full qbi duduction?

Greenway industries is a major multinational conglomerate. its business units compete in a range of industries, including home appliances, pharmaceuticals, commercial real estate, and plastics manufacturing. although its largest business unit, which produces kitchen appliances, is among the most profitable in the industry, it generates only 35 percent of the company's revenues. which of the following is most likely true of greenway's stock price? a. it is valued at less than the sum of its individual business units. b. it is valued at greater than the sum of individual business units. c. it is valued at the exact sum of individual business units. d. it is consistently lower than the industry average.it is valued at greater than the sum of individual business units.