Assume that consumers view tax preparation services as undifferentiated among producers, and that there are hundreds of companies of offering tax preparation in a given market. The current market equilibrium price is S120. Joe Audit's Tax Service has a daily, short-run total cost given by C = 100+4Q^2.
Answer the following questions:
a. How many tax returns should Joe prepare cach day if his goal is to maximize profits?
b. How much will he earn in profit each day?

True or false: a smart store layout moves customers in and out as fast as possible. a) true b) false

Companies in the u. s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct

Why are the four primary service outputs of spatial convenience, lot size, waiting time, and product variety important to logistics management? provide examples of competing firms that differ in the level of each service output provided to customers?