Property rights are important to a free enterprise system because they: A. Allow businesses to freely take ideas from competing companies.
B. Protect businesses' freedom to buy and sell products.
C. Encourage businesses to keep prices as low as possible
D. Place regulations on businesses that make dangerous products.

You are the manager of a firm that produces output in two plants. the demand for your firm's product is p = 20 − q, where q = q1 + q2. the marginal costs associated with producing in the two plants are mc1 = 2 and mc2 = 2q2. how much output should be produced in plant 1 in order to maximize profits?

An annuity that goes on indefinitely is called a perpetuity. the payments of a perpetuity constitute a/an series. the equation is: a stock with no maturity is an example of a perpetuity. quantitative problem: you own a security that provides an annual dividend of $170 forever. the security’s annual return is 9%. what is the present value of this security? round your answer to the nearest cent. $

The uptowner just paid an annual dividend of $4.12. the company has a policy of increasing the dividend by 2.5 percent annually. you would like to purchase shares of stock in this firm but realize that you will not have the funds to do so for another four years. if you require a rate of return of 16.7 percent, how much will you be willing to pay per share when you can afford to make this investment?