1. Someone once said that the love of money is the root of all evil. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why? 2. Would you ever take a job as a volunteer--knowing that you were helping other people, but you would not get paid for your services. Why or why not?

3. Do you currently have a checking account, savings account, or credit card? If not, at what age do you think it is appropriate to have these types of accounts?

4. In order to buy a new bike, a car, or pay for college, it often takes time to save up the money. What types of things are important to you to save up for?

5. If you had to create a budget for your family, what are 5 necessary items that would be included in that budget? (For example, house payment or rent, utilities, etc).

Producers can create their maximum combination of goods, s long as what?

Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)

Advertisers are usually very conscious of their audience. choose an issue of a popular magazine such as time, sports illustrated, vanity fair, rolling stone, or the like. from that issue select three advertisements to analyze. try to determine the audience being appealed to in each advertisement and analyze the appeals used to persuade buyers. how might the appeals differ is the ads were designed to persuade a different audience.