True or False: Suppose that the hypothetical country of Kernaland has a chronic scarcity of corn, its staple grain. This implies that the residents of Kernaland need to ration corn.

One investigating company tracked all credit card purchase during 2012 and measured two variables: (1) the type of credit card used (visa, mastercard, american express, or discover), and (2) the amount (in dollars) of each purchase. identify the level of each variable measured.

Apharmaceutical packaging company (ppc) has decided to reorganize its processes into cells. the company has four different production operations, each requiring a unique piece of equipment. the names and functions of the four pieces of equipment are sort, count, place, and package. the company packages five different families of products (a, b, c, d, and e). the tables below indicate the demand (total units/day by product family), required operations, and operation cycle times for each product family. assume that any individual piece of equipment is available to operate 16 hours/day, but 2 hours (in total) are lost each day on each piece of equipment due to breaks and meetings when operators are not available to operate the equipment. how many minutes/day are available for production

Which of the following is an example of search costs? a.) driving to a faraway place to find available goods b.) buying goods in some special way that is outside the normal channels c.) paying a premium cost for goods d.) selling extra goods for a discount price