Ecker, Inc. produces milk at a total cost of $66,000. The production generates 60,000 gallons of milk which can be sold for $1 per gallon to a pasteurization company, or the milk can be processed further into ice cream and then sold for $3 per gallon. It costs $75,000 more to turn the annual milk supply into ice cream.

If Ecker processes the milk into ice cream, how much is the incremental profit or loss?

Mr. smith recently faced a choice between being (a) an economics profes-sor, which pays $60,000/yr, or (b) a safari leader, which pays $50,000/yr. after careful deliberation, smith took the safari job, but it was a close call. "for a dollar more," he said, "i'd have gone the other way."now smith's brother-in-law approaches him with a business proposition. the terms are as follows: - smith must resign his safari job to work full-time in his brother-in-law's business.- smith must give his brother-in-law an interest-free loan of $100,000, which will be repaid in full if and when smith leaves the business. (smith currently has much more than $100,000 in the the business will pay smith a salary of $70,000/yr. he will receive no other payment from the business.the interest rate is 10 percent per year. apart from salary considerations, smith feels that working in the business would be just as enjoyable as being an economics professor. for simplicity, assume there is no uncertainty regarding either smith's salary in the proposed business or the security of his monetary investment in it. should smith join his brother-in-law and, if so, how small would smith's salary from the business have to be to make it not worthwhile for him to join? if not, how large would smith's salary from the business have to be to make it worthwhile for him to join?

Edna gomez is the founder of the restaurant chain good and green. she ensures that the products in her stores are ethically and responsibly sourced. most products are therefore 100 percent organic and all packaging is manufactured from recycled material. also, her company sources ingredients from farms within 100 miles from her locations. edna's belief is that her restaurants should be able to support the community at large. which of the following terms best describes edna gomez? a. headhunter b. category captain c. social entrepreneur d. trade creditor

How an absolute advantage might affect a country's imports and exports?