Gay and Joy developed a neat Bento box for children. The shape of the containers encourages healthy eating, and it is very popular. They have been paying another company to manufacture the boxes for them but are interested in manufacturing the boxes themselves. They’ve developed the following cost estimates: Sales (100,000 units) $ 1,000,000
Costs: Fixed Variable
Raw Materials $ 0 $ 300,000
Direct Labor 0 200,000
Factory Costs 100,000 150,000
Selling and Administrative
Costs 110,000 50,000
Total Costs $ 210,000 $ 700,000
Operating Income $ 90,000
1. How many units will Gay and Joy need to sell to breakeven?

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know

the third answer is correct.