3. Interpret the author's statement that shopping for jeans is a “masochistic exercise in sticker shock”.

Aprice ceiling is “binding” if the price ceiling is set below the equilibrium price. suppose that the equilibrium price is $5. if a price ceiling is set at $6, this will not affect the market in any way since $5 remains a legally allowable price (since $5 < $6). a price ceiling of $6 is called a “non-binding” price ceiling. on the other hand, if the price ceiling is set at $4, the price ceiling is “binding” because the natural equilibrium price is $5 but that is no longer allowed. what happens when there is a binding price ceiling? at a price below the equilibrium price, quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied. there is a shortage. normally, price increases eliminate shortages by increasing quantity supplied and decreasing quantity demanded. in this case, however, price increases are not allowed past the price ceiling. we therefore predict that the observed market price will be right at the price ceiling and there will be a permanent shortage. the observed quantity bought and sold will be dictated by the quantity supplied at the price ceiling. although consumers would like to buy more, there are no more units for sale

Question 1 which of the following tasks use your roommate as a resource? choose all answers which apply. take order wash the mixer’s bowl and mix the dough spoon cookies onto the tray unload the cookies from the oven pack the cookies 1 points question 2 which of the following tasks use the tray(s) as a resource? choose all answers which apply. take order wash the mixer’s bowl and mix the dough bake the cookies cool the cookies accept payment 1 points question 3 determine the task time for the following tasks. fill integer numbers into the blank (e. g., 5 rather than 5.0) wash and mixing the dough: minute(s)/order spoon cookies onto the tray: minute(s)/order set up timer: minute(s)/order bake: minute(s)/order cool the cookies: minute(s)/order pack the cookies: minute(s)/order accept payment: minute(s)/order 2 points question 4 q4: determine the cycle time for the following resources. fill integer numbers into the blank (e. g., 5 rather than 5.0) kristen (you): minute(s) roommate: minute(s) oven: minute(s) 2 points question 5 what is the capacity rate (in orders/hour) of the roommate? 1 points question 6 what is the capacity rate (in orders/hour) of the whole process? 2 points question 7 how long (in minutes) it takes to process the first order?

The 39 percent and 38 percent tax rates both represent what is called a tax "bubble." suppose the government wanted to lower the upper threshold of the 39 percent marginal tax bracket from $335,000 to $208,000. what would the new 39 percent bubble rate have to be? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)