BackPedal is a bike-rental shop that rents bicycles, helmets, and other gear by the day. a. BackPedal offers an optional helmet rental for $10/day with the rental of a bicycle. To his surprise, the store manager has noticed that cycling accidents are higher among customers who rent helmets than those who do not. Explain this phenomenon using economic concepts. Assume that customers who do not rent helmets also do not own helmets.

b. BackPedal is considering offering helmets for free with a bike rental. Explain how this new policy will affect the issues you identified in part a.

Cosmetic profits. sally is the executive vice president of big name cosmetics company. through important and material, nonpublic information, she learns that the company is soon going to purchase a smaller chain of stores. it is expected that stock in big name cosmetics will rise dramatically at that point. sally immediately buys a number of shares of her company's stock. she also tells her friend alice about the expected purchase of stores. alice wanted to purchase stock in the company but lacked the funds with which to do so. although she did not have the funds in bank a, alice decided to draw a check on bank a and deposit the check in bank b and then proceed to write a check on bank b to cover the purchase of the stock. she hoped that she would have sufficient funds to deposit before the check was presented for payment. of which of the following offenses, if any, is alice guilty of by buying stock?

Select all that apply. what do opponents of minimum wage believe are the results of minimum wage? increases personal income results in job shortages causes unemployment raises prices of goods

Four students are at an extracurricular activity fair at their high school and are trying to decide which clubs to join. some information about the students is listed in this chart: which describes which ctso each student should join?