The following information is available for the year ended December 31: Beginning raw materials inventory$21,500 Raw materials purchases 74,000 Ending raw materials inventory 23,000 Office supplies expense 2,400 The amount of raw materials used in production for the year is: Multiple Choice $76,400. $95,500. $72,500. $74,900.

Which of the following is an example of a positive externality? a. promoting generic drugs would benefit people. b. a lower inflation rate would benefit most consumers. c. compulsory flu shots for all students prevents the spread of illness in the general public. d. singapore has adopted a comprehensive savings plan for all workers known as the central provident fund.

3. saving two consumers, larry and jeff, have utility functions defined over the two periods of their lives: middle age (period zero) and retirement (period 1). they have the same income in period 0 of m dollars and they will not earn income in period 1. the interest rate they face is r. larry’s and jeff’s utility functions are as follow. = 0.5 + 0.5 and = 0.5 + 0.5 for each person is between zero and one and represents each consumer’s temporal discount econ 340: intermediate microeconomics. ben van kammen: purdue university. rate. a. write the budget constraint that applies to both jeff and larry in terms of consumption in each period and ), interest rate, and m. b. what is larry’s and what is jeff’s marginal rate of intertemporal substitution? c. what is the slope of the budget constraint? d. write each consumer’s condition for lifetime utility maximization. e. re-arrange the conditions from part (d) to solve for the ratio, . f. if > which consumer will save more of his middle age income? g. if > 1 1+ , in which period will larry consume more: = 0 or = 1?

A. calculate the payoff and profit at expiration for the february 190 calls, if you purchase the option at the stated price and at expiration the stock price is $195. b. calculate the payoff and profit at expiration for the february 195 puts, if you purchase the option at the stated price and at expiration the stock price is $195.