Which statement does not describe the effects of a leverage cycle? a) in good economic times, the surge of lending that may occur in a leverage cycle may exaggerate the episode of economic growth. b) a sharp reduction in credit, perhaps combined with the deflating prices of a dot-com stock price bubble or a housing bubble, makes the economic downturn worse than it would otherwise be. c) the deflating prices of an asset bubble will not make an economic downturn look worse if it is accompanied by a sharp reduction in credit. d) a leverage cycle can be part of what leads prices of certain assets—like stock prices or housing prices—to rise at unsustainably high annual rates.

Fess receives wages totaling $74,500 and has net earnings from self-employment amounting to $71,300. in determining her taxable self-employment income for the oasdi tax, how much of her net self-employment earnings must fess count? a. $74,500 b. $71,300 c. $53,900 d. $127,200 e. none of the above.

Companies in the u.s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct

Ann chovies, owner of the perfect pasta pizza parlor, uses 20 pounds of pepperoni each day in preparing pizzas. order costs for pepperoni are $10.00 per order, and carrying costs are 4 cents per pound per day. lead time for each order is three days, and the pepperoni itself costs $3.00 per pound. if she were to order 80 pounds of pepperoni at a time, what would be the average inventory level?