Mrs. Dill is planning on baking cakes for a summer festival. In order to do this, she needs to spend $15 on new equipment to bake the cakes, plus she estimates that it will cost her 5 cents for every cake that she bakes. If x is the number of cakes that she makes, what is the cost function C(x)?a. C(x) = 15 + 0.5x. b. C(x) =15 + 5x. c. C(x) = 5 + 15x. d. C(x) = 15 +0.05x.

Which of the following best explains why large companies have an advantage over smaller companies? a. economies of scale make it possible to offer lower prices. b. the production possibilities frontier is wider for a larger company. c. decreasing marginal utility enables more efficient production. d. increasing the scale of production leads to a reduction in inputs.2b2t

Inventory by three methods; cost of goods sold the units of an item available for sale during the year were as follows: jan. 1 inventory 20 units at $1,800 may 15 purchase 31 units at $1,950 aug. 7 purchase 13 units at $2,040 nov. 20 purchase 16 units at $2,100 there are 18 units of the item in the physical inventory at december 31. determine the cost of ending inventory and the cost of goods sold by three methods, presenting your answers in the following form: round your final answers to the nearest dollar. cost inventory method ending inventory cost of goods sold a. first-in, first-out method $ $ b. last-in, first-out method $ $ c. weighted average cost method $ $

Suppose that two countries, britain and the u. s. produce just one good - beef. suppose that the price of beef in the u. s. is $2.80 per pound, and in britain it is £3.70 per pound. according to ppp theory, what should the $/£ spot exchange rate be? suppose the price of beef is expected to rise to $3.10 in the u. s. and to £4.65 in britain. what should be the one year forward $/£ exchange rate?