Is it wise for a firm to employ a worker at $20 per hour when another worker does the same job for $10 per hour? it would be a rational decision if the first worker was more than twice as productive as the second worker. it would never be rational to pay a worker that much more than another. it is illegal to pay a worker that much more than another. the government will pay firms to give some workers extra pay to increase the total economy.

Ardmore farm and seed has an inventory dilemma. they have been selling a brand of very popular insect spray for the past year. they have never really analyzed the costs incurred from ordering and holding the inventory and currently fave a large stock of the insecticide in the warehouse. they estimate that it costs $25 to place an order, and it costs $0.25 per gallon to hold the spray. the annual requirements total 80,000 gallons for a 365 day year. a. assuming that 10,000 gallons are ordered each time an order is placed, estimate the annual inventory costs. b. calculate the eoq. c. given the eoq calculated in part b., how many orders should be placed and what is the average inventory balance? d. if it takes seven days to receive an order from suppliers, at what inventory level should ardmore place another order?