The demand curve confronting a nondiscriminating pure monopolist is A. horizontal. B. the same as the industry's demand curve. C. more elastic than the demand curve confronting a competitive firm. D. derived by vertically summing the individual demand curves for

Suppose a firm faces a fixed price of output, 푝푝= 1200. the firm hires workers from a union at a daily wage, 푤푤, to produce output according to the production function 푞푞= 2퐸퐸12. there are 225 workers in the union. any union worker who does not work for this firm is guaranteed to find nonunion employment at a wage of $96 per day. a. what is the firm’s labor demand function? b. if the firm is allowed to choose 푤푤, but then the union decides how many workers to provide (up to 225) at that wage, what wage will the firm set? how many workers will the union provide? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? c. now suppose that the union sets the wage, but the firm decides how many workers to hire at that wage (up to 225). what wage will the union set to maximize the total income of all 225 workers? how many workers will the firm hire? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? [hint: to maximize total income of union, take the first order condition with respect to w and set equal to 0.]

Q3. loral corporation manufactures parts for an aircraft company. it uses a computerized numerical controlled (cnc) machining center to produce a specific part that has a design (nominal) target of 1.275 inches with tolerances of ± 0.020 inch. the cnc process that manufactures these parts has a mean of 1.285 inches and a standard deviation of 0.005 inch. compute the process capability ratio and process capability index, and comment on the overall capability of the process to meet the design specifications.

Acontractor was awarded a purchase order for commercial items for $1.5 million under the authority of far subpart 13.5. the purchase order was issued in november 2010 and containedall applicable clauses that were current as of the date of the purchase order. under the purchase order, the contractor is required to comply with a small business subcontracting plan that contains all of the required elements. which of the following is true? a. the contractor must submit a standard form 294, subcontracting report for individual contracts. b. the contractor must submit an individual subcontracting report through the electronic subcontracting reporting system (esrs). c. the contractor may submit either an sf 294 or report its subcontracting through esrs. d. the contractor is not required to submit any subcontracting reports.