Last spring, Coil Spring Co. reported that average fixed costs had increased but average variable costs were unchanged. This indicates that .

Group of answer choices

output is declining

marginal costs are less than average variable cost but greater than average cost

marginal costs have increased

fixed costs have increased

Theo’s Tree Trimming Service reported total revenue of $100,000 with explicit costs of $20,000. The opportunity cost of labor (an implicit cost) is $15,000. What is Theo’s economic profit?

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$80,000

$65,000

$100,000

$85,000

Jimmy owns an ice cream parlor. he designs a schedule for the different tasks the employees have to perform in order to prevent monotony at work. according to the schedule, if an employee makes waffle cones on a day, he serves ice creams the next day and clears the tables on the day after that. jimmy is using the approach at his ice cream parlor.

•broussard skateboard’s sales are expected to increase by 15% from $8 million in 2016 to $9.2 million in 2017. its assets totaled $5 million at the end of 2016. broussard is already at full capacity, so its assets must grow at the same rate as projected sales. at the end of 2016, current liabilities were $1.4 million, consisting of $450,000 of accounts payable, $500,000 of notes payable, and $450,000 of accruals. the after-tax profit margin is forecasted to be 6%, and the forecasted payout ratio is 40%. use the afn equation to forecast broussard’s additional funds needed for the coming year

Suppose that each country completely specializes in the production of the good in which it has a comparative advantage, producing only that good. in this case, the country that produces jeans will produce million pairs per week, and the country that produces corn will produce million bushels per week.