QUESTION 13 Which of the following statements is true about product life cycles a. Competition begins to increase quickly during the maturity stage b. Competition begins to increase quickly during the introduction stage c. Competition begins to increase quickly during the growth stage d. Competition begins to increase quickly during the decline stage

Suppose that each firm in a competitive industry has the following costs: total cost: tc=50+12q2tc=50+12q2 marginal cost: mc=qmc=q where qq is an individual firm's quantity produced. the market demand curve for this product is: demand qd=160−4pqd=160−4p where pp is the price and qq is the total quantity of the good. each firm's fixed cost is.

The management of a private investment club has a fund of $250,000 earmarked for investment in stocks. to arrive at an acceptable overall level of risk, the stocks that management is considering have been classified into three categories: high risk (x), medium risk (y), and low risk (z). management estimates that high risk stocks will have a rate of return of 15%/year; medium risk stocks, 10%/year; and low risk stocks, 6%/year. the amount of money invested in low risk stocks is to be twice the sum of the amount invested in stocks of the other two categories. if the investment goal is to have a rate of return of 9% on the total investment, determine how much the club should invest in each type of stock. (assume that all the money available for investment is invested.)

On january 1, 2017, sophie's sunlounge owned 4 tanning beds valued at $20,000. during 2017, sophie's bought 3 new beds at a total cost of $14 comma 000, and at the end of the year the market value of all of sophie's beds was $24 comma 000. what was sophie's net investment