Suppose your total benefit from eating slices of pizza​ (value in​ dollars) is x​, where x is the number of slices of pizza. Pizza is sold by the slice and costs ​$ per​ slice, and so the total cost of pizza is x. Using optimization in​ levels, what is the optimal amount of pizza for you to​ eat? Your net benefit is maximized at nothing slices of pizza. ​(Enter your response as an integer.​)

Modern firms increasingly rely on other firms to supply goods and services instead of doing these tasks themselves. this increased level of is leading to increased emphasis on management.

If the ceo of a large, diversified, firm were filling out a fitness report on a division manager (i. e., "grading" the manager), which of the following situations would be likely to cause the manager to receive a better grade? in all cases, assume that other things are held constant. a. the division's basic earning power ratio is above the average of other firms in its industry. b. the division's total assets turnover ratio is below the average for other firms in its industry. c. the division's debt ratio is above the average for other firms in the industry. d. the division's inventory turnover is 6, whereas the average for its competitors is 8.e. the division's dso (days' sales outstanding) is 40, whereas the average for its competitors is 30.

When immigration adds to the size of the domestic labor pool, which of the following is likely to occur? a. wages decrease. b. productivity increases. c. consumption decreases. d. minimum wage increases.