The chart shows a cost-benefit analysis.

A 4-column table has 3 rows. The first column is labeled Agency with entries U S D A, Department of Health and Human Services, E P A. The second column is labeled Number of rules with entries 5, 19, 32. The third column is labeled Costs in billions with entries 0.8 to 1.2, 2.4 to 5.2, 30.4 to 36.5. The fourth column is labeled Benefits in billions from 0.9 to 1.3, 16.6 to 40.2, and 112.0 to 637.6.

Which most likely explains why the costs and benefits shown by the EPA are higher than the other regulatory agencies?

The EPA legislates and enforces more regulations that reap greater benefits than the other agencies.
The EPA legislates and enforces food regulations that reap greater benefits than the other agencies.
The EPA has a larger budget than the other agencies, and its employees work longer hours.
The EPA is less efficient than the other agencies, and its employees spend more money.

The role of the credit department includes: a. evaluating customers' credit applications to determine whether they meet the company's approval standards. b. approving all credit applications in order to avoid losing sales. c. collecting cash from customers. d. following unwritten approval standards for processing customers' credit applications.

This activity is important because as a marketing manager, you must allocate resources to reach your target market. during the strategic marketing process, managers move through three important phases to determine how to optimally allocate resources: a planning phase, an implementation phase, and an evaluation phase. in this interactive exercise, you are asked to review various strategic marketing actions and determine where in the strategic marketing process the action would occur. the goal of this exercise is to demonstrate your understanding of the strategic marketing process and related marketing actions.

John and daphne are saving for their daughter ellen's college education. ellen just turned 10 at (t = 0), and she will be entering college 8 years from now (at t = 8). college tuition and expenses at state u. are currently $14,500 a year, but they are expected to increase at a rate of 3.5% a year. ellen should graduate in 4 years--if she takes longer or wants to go to graduate school, she will be on her own. tuition and other costs will be due at the beginning of each school year (at t = 8, 9, 10, and 11).so far, john and daphne have accumulated $15,000 in their college savings account (at t = 0). their long-run financial plan is to add an additional $5,000 in each of the next 4 years (at t = 1, 2, 3, and 4). then they plan to make 3 equal annual contributions in each of the following years, t = 5, 6, and 7. they expect their investment account to earn 9%. how large must the annual payments at t = 5, 6, and 7 be to cover ellen's anticipated college costs? a. $1,965.21b. $2,068.64c. $2,177.51d. $2,292.12e. $2,412.76