Which of these statements regarding the differences between monopoly and a competitive market are true? choose one or more:
a. a monopoly is a price maker, while a competitive firm is a price taker.
b. there are more firms in a competitive market than in a monopoly.
c. a monopolist can earn profits in the long run, but a firm in a perfectly competitive market cannot.
d. a monopolist will produce less than the output produced in a perfectly competitive market.

He aldermanalderman company has prepared a sales budget of 42 comma 00042,000 finished units for a 3-month period. the company has an inventory of 10 comma 00010,000 units of finished goods on hand at december 31 and has a target finished goods inventory of 11 comma 00011,000 units at the end of the succeeding quarter. it takes 44 gallons of direct materials to make one unit of finished product. the company has inventory of 64 comma 00064,000 gallons of direct materials at december 31 and has a target ending inventory of 53 comma 00053,000 gallons at the end of the succeeding quarter. how many gallons of direct materials should aldermanalderman company purchase during the 3 months ending march 31? select the labels and enter the amounts to calculate the direct materials (gallons) to be purchased.

4. the condition requires that only one of the selected criteria be true for a record to be displayed.

The martinez legal firm (mlf) recently acquired a smaller competitor, miller and associates, which specializes in issues not previously covered by mlf, such as land use and intellectual property cases. given the increase in the firm's size and complexity, it is likely that its internal transaction costs willa. decrease. b. increase. c. become external transaction costs. d. be eliminated.