Why is there no competition in a monopoly? a) there are no close substitutes
b) there are too many substitutes
c) prices are set by the government
d) the government forbids competition

Carolyn has a 50 percent interest in a general partnership that has a $14,000 loss for the year. she materially participates in the partnership. her basis in the partnership is $10,000. she also has salary from other employment of $46,000. if she is single, has no dependents, and claims the standard deduction, what is her taxable income and her tax liability in 2017

Match the situations that will develop one's personality and those that won't peter is surrounded by friends who are always encouraging him jonathan always watches television when he wants to take a break from his books libby sets small targets for herself and strives to achieve them. the smiths indulge in an animated discussion on varied topics every evening after dinner. brook loves junk food and exercises once in a while. develops your personality develops doesn't develop your personality

Imagine us is a startup that offers high definition 3d prenatal ultrasounds for high-end customers. the service process includes four activities that are conducted in the sequence described below. (the time required for each activity is shown in parentheses): activity 1: welcome a patient and explain the procedure. (20 minutes)activity 2: prep the patient (e.g., show them to the room, apply ultrasound gel). (17 minutes) (*your id number represents the amount of time needed to complete this task)activity 3: take images. (5 minutes)activity 4: discuss diagnostic with patient. (20 minutes)at each location there are employees (servers) s1, s2, and s3. the assignment of tasks to servers is the following: s1 does activities 1 and 2.s2 does activity 3.s3 does activity 4.a. what is the capacity of this process (in customers per hour)? b. suppose 3 patients arrive every hour on average. ignoring any “start of day” or “end of day” effects, what are the utilizations of all three servers (%)? c. suppose each activity can be done by any server and any server can do any set of activities. however, each activity is done by only one server. for example, a possible assignment includes: s1 does activity 1, s2 does activity 2, and s3 does activities 3 and 4. of course, the original assignment of servers to activities is also feasible. what is the maximum capacity of the process (in customers per hour)? d. now consider the capacity measures in (c) and (a), what is the percentage change? why can you improve capacity without using additional resources? (there is no free lunch, right? )note: for all hw assignments, show your process of getting the results. only providing the final answers is not acceptable and will get 0%. if necessary, use a separate sheet of paper to show your work.