Consider an economy that produces and consumes hot dogs and hamburgers. In the following table are data for two different years. 2010 2015
Good Quantity Price Quantity Price
Hot Dogs 200 $2 250 $4
Hamburgers 200 $3 500 $4
A. Using 2010 as the base year, compute the following statistics for each year: nominal GDP, real GDP, the implicit price deflator for GDP, and the CPI.
B. By what percentage did prices rise between 2010 and 2018? Compute the answers given by the Laspeyres and Paasche price indexes. Explain the difference.

Qwest airlines has implemented a program to recycle all plastic drink cups used on their aircraft. their goal is to generate $7 million by the end of the recycle program's five-year life. each recycled cup can be sold for $0.005 (1/2 cent). a. how many cups must be recycled annually to meet this goal? assume uniform annual plastic cup usage and a 0% interest rate. b. repeat part (a) when the annual interest rate is 12%. c. why is the answer to part (b) less than the answer to part (a)?

The a/p clerk of a company writes the checks for vendors, and the controller signs the checks. the a/p clerk hasdevised a plan to give herself a raise. she creates a new vendor for her friend's business and creates two purchaseorders for random car detailing services for $75 and $70. she writes the checks to pay these new vendors knowing thecontroller will only pay close attention to checks over $100. she delivers the checks to her friend to deposit in his bankaccount, and then he writes her a personal check for the full amount of $145.ceventually, what will be the effect of her actions? what can the company do to prevent this type of behavior? due mondav

Tony is a wheat farmer, but he also spends part of his day teaching guitar lessons, due to the popularity of his local country western band, farmer tony has more students requesting lessons than he has time for if he is to also maintain his farming business. farmer tony charges $25 an hour for his guitar lessons. one spring day, he spends 10 hours in his fields planting $130 with of seeds on his farm. he expects that the seeds he planted will yield $300 worth of wheat a. 130 b. 260 c. 170 d. $-80