Suppose a firm is producing in the long run. When it produces 4,000 units of output, its total cost is $8,000. When it produces 4,200 units of output, its total cost is $8,200, and when it produces 4,400 units of output, its total cost is $8,800. This firm is experiencing (constant, decreasing, increasing, increasing then decreasing, decreasing then increasing) returns to scale?

If his parents cannot alex with college, and two of his scholarships will be awarded to other students if he does not accept them immediately, which is the best option for him?

Apharmaceutical packaging company (ppc) has decided to reorganize its processes into cells. the company has four different production operations, each requiring a unique piece of equipment. the names and functions of the four pieces of equipment are sort, count, place, and package. the company packages five different families of products (a, b, c, d, and e). the tables below indicate the demand (total units/day by product family), required operations, and operation cycle times for each product family. assume that any individual piece of equipment is available to operate 16 hours/day, but 2 hours (in total) are lost each day on each piece of equipment due to breaks and meetings when operators are not available to operate the equipment. how many minutes/day are available for production

Kendra knight took part in a friendly game of touch football. she had played before and was familiar with football. michael jewett was on her team. in the course of play, michael bumped into kendra and knocked her to the ground. he stepped on her hand, causing injury to a little finger that later required its amputation. she sued michael for damages. he defended on the ground that she had assumed the risk. kendra claimed that assumption of risk could not be raised as a defense because the state legislature had adopted the standard of comparative negligence. what happens if contributory negligence applies? what happens if the defense of comparative negligence applies?