Jefferson city computers has developed a forecasting model to estimate its afn for the upcoming year. all else being equal, which of the following factors is most likely to lead to an increase of the additional funds needed (afn)? a. the company reduces its dividend payout ratio. b. the company discovers that it has excess capacity in its fixed assets. c. the company switches its materials purchases to a supplier that sells on terms of 1/5, net 90, from a supplier whose terms are 3/15, net 35. d. a sharp increase in its forecasted sales. e. a sharp reduction in its forecasted sales.

As a result of a labeling mistake at the chemical factory, a farmer accidentally sprays weedkiller rather than fertilizer on half her land. as a result, she loses half of her productive farmland. if the property of diminishing returns applies to all factors of production, she should expect to seea. a decrease in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and an increase in the marginal productivity of her labor. b. an increase in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and an increase in the marginal productivity of her labor. c. an increase in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and a decrease in the marginal productivity of her labor. d. a decrease in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and a decrease in the marginal productivity of her labor.