The home office billing department of a chain of department stores prepares monthly inventory reports for use by the stores’ purchasing agents. Given the following information, use the critical path method to determine: JOB AND DESCRIPTION IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORS TIME (HOURS) a Start — 2 b Get computer printouts of customer purchases a 10 c Get stock records for the month a 18 d Reconcile purchase printouts and stock records b c 32 e Total stock records by department b c 18 f Determine reorder quantities for coming period e 38 g Prepare stock reports for purchasing agents d f 18 h Finish g 3 a. How long the total process will take? Number of hours b. Which jobs can be delayed without delaying the early start of any subsequent activity?

The interaction of individual choices because a type of fish is on the verge of extinction, the government imposes rules that prohibit fishing in the publicly owned spawning grounds. at first owners of fshing bouts complain about this restriction on where they can fish, but soon they notice that the number of adult fish swimming outside the protected area is much higher than it was before. with the restriction, each fishing boat ends up catching more fish than it did before the r which of the following principles of economic interaction best describes this scenario? o there is a tradeoff between equality and efficiency o markets usually lead to efficiency. o when markets do not achieve efficiency, government intervention can improve overall welfare o markets allocate goodseffectively