Ophelia wants to buy a new hairdryer. she considers four models and assigns them belief ratings from 1 = very poor to 10 = very good and importance ratings from 1 = least important to 10 = most important. she sets a mental cutoff of
5 as a selection criterion for the model.
which of the following models is ophelia most likely to select if she employs the elimination-by-aspects rule to make the decision?

attribute importance model a model b model c model d
belief ratings
low price 8 7 4 3 6
power efficiency 6 4 6 7 8
styling 9 8 7 6 7

a. model a
b. model b
c. model c
d. model d

The sticky-price theory asserts that the output prices of some goods and services adjust slowly to changes in the price level. suppose firms announce the prices for their products in advance, based on an expected price level of 100 for the coming year. many of the firms sell their goods through catalogs and face high costs of reprinting if they change prices. the actual price level turns out to be 110. faced with high menu costs, the firms that rely on catalog sales choose not to adjust their prices. sales from catalogs will

Trinity coatings company uses the indirect method to prepare its statement of cash flows. refer to the following information for 2018: the beginning balance in the cash account was $ 3 comma 000. net cash provided by operating activities: $ 42 comma 000 net cash used for investing activities: $(26 comma 500) net cash provided by financing activities: $ 1 comma 700 the statement of cash flows will show

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