Vinny and Sandra have just had their first baby, and need to make a decision about how to handle work and child‑care responsibilities. Vinny earns $1000 per week working full time, and Sandra's full‑time salary is $1200 per week. They each can work part time and earn half their full‑time wage. Calculate the change in GDP for each situation, relative to when they both worked full time and had no child‑care responsibilities. If GDP falls, include a negative sign in your answer. a. Both Vinny and Sandra return to work full time and pay a child‑care provider $600 per week to care for their child. $ b. Both Vinny and Sandra will return to work full time, while Sandra’s mother takes care of their child without financial compensation. $ c. Both Vinny and Sandra will return to work full time, while Vinny's brother takes care of their baby. They'll pay him $600 a week to care for their child, but neither they nor Vinny’s brother will report those payments to the IRS, or on any government surveys. $ d. Vinny and Sandra will each return to work part time, and split child‑care responsibilities. $ e. Vinny will stay home to care for the baby, while Sandra returns to work full time. $

On january 1, 2017, fisher corporation purchased 40 percent (90,000 shares) of the common stock of bowden, inc. for $980,000 in cash and began to use the equity method for the investment. the price paid represented a $48,000 payment in excess of the book value of fisher's share of bowden's underlying net assets. fisher was willing to make this extra payment because of a recently developed patent held by bowden with a 15-year remaining life. all other assets were considered appropriately valued on bowden's books. bowden declares and pays a $90,000 cash dividend to its stockholders each year on september 15. bowden reported net income of $400,000 in 2017 and $348,000 in 2018. each income figure was earned evenly throughout its respective year. on july 1, 2018, fisher sold 10 percent (22,500 shares) of bowden's outstanding shares for $338,000 in cash. although it sold this interest, fisher maintained the ability to significantly influence bowden's decision-making process. prepare the journal entries for fisher for the years of 2017 and 2018. (if no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field. do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

Afirm’s production function is represented by q(m,r) = 4m 3/4r1/3, where q denotes output, m raw materials, and r robots. the firm is currently using 6 units of raw materials and 12 robots. according to the mrts, in order to maintain its output level the firm would need to give up 2 robots if it adds 9 units of raw materials. (a) true (b) false

The state in which the manufacturing company you work for is located regulates the presence of a particular substance in the environment to concentrations ≤ x. recently-released, reliable research endorsed by the responsible federal agency conclusively demonstrates that the substance poses no risks at concentrations up to 5x. your company has asked you to consider designing a new process with a waste discharge stream containing up to 2x of the substance. based on the stated conditions, describe this possible.