Classify each outcome on whether or not it is a potential consequence of current trends in the agricultural crop markets continuing into the years ahead, as explicated in the Washington Post article The Downsides of Cheap Corn.

More investment in farrming machinery
More crops in storage
Less consumer demand for crops
More land dedicated to growing crops
Fewer farmers growing crops

A. Potential consequence
B. Not a potential consequence

Define the marginal rate of substitution between two goods (x and y). if a consumer’s preferences are given by u(x,y) = x3/4y1/4, compute the consumer’s marginal rate of substitution as a function of x and y. calculate the mrs if the consumer has chosen to consumer 48 units of x and 16 units of y. show your work. (use the back of the page if necessary.

Miller company’s total sales are $171,000. the company’s direct labor cost is $20,520, which represents 30% of its total conversion cost and 40% of its total prime cost. its total selling and administrative expense is $25,650 and its only variable selling and administrative expense is a sales commission of 5% of sales. the company maintains no beginning or ending inventories and its manufacturing overhead costs are entirely fixed costs. required: 1. what is the total manufacturing overhead cost? 2. what is the total direct materials cost? 3. what is the total manufacturing cost? 4. what is the total variable selling and administrative cost? 5. what is the total variable cost? 6. what is the total fixed cost? 7. what is the total contribution margin?

Regarding the flow of costs through the inventory accounts, which of the following statements is incorrect? a. the costs flow from raw materials inventory to work-in-process inventory to finished goods inventory. b. the format for computing the amount used, manufactured, or sold is the same for all three inventory accounts. c. the final amount at each stage is added at the beginning of the next stage. d. purchases of raw material and freight in are debited to the work-in-process inventory account.