Roommates Sarah and Zoe are hosting a Halloween party and have to make food for their guests and costumes for themselves. To finish both tasks as quickly as possible, Sarah and Zoe know that each of them should focus on just one task, but they don't know who should do what. Sarah and Zoe should determine which roommate:. a. has the absolute advantage in cooking. b. can cook the most in a given amount of time. c. can complete the cooking in the least amount of time. d. has the comparative advantage in cooking.

4. suppose that pollution in a neighborhood comes from two factories, with marginal benefit curves given by mb1 = 12 – p1 and mb2 = 8 – p2. the level of pollution in the neighborhood is given by p = p1 + p2. the government wants to limit pollution by instituting a pollution-rights market. the government’s desired level of p is 10, so it prints 10 pollution rights and offers them for sale to the firms. a)find the equilibrium selling price of a pollution right, as well as the allocation of rights (and hence pollution levels) across the two factories. b)repeat part (a) for the case where the government’s desired level of pollution equals 14. c)comment on the usefulness of a pollution rights market in achieving efficient levels of pollution abatement.

Personal financial planning is the process of creating and achieving financial goals? true or false

land, a building and equipment are acquired for a lump sum of $ 1,000,000. the market values of the land, building and equipment are $ 300,000, $ 800,000 and $ 300,000, respectively. what is the cost assigned to the equipment? (do not round any intermediary calculations, and round your final answer to the nearest dollar.)