If a disease infects and destroys a large amount of the nation's supply of tomatoes, what is likely to happen to the price of tomatoes? (Select the best answer.) Question 5 options:

The price will go up.

The price will remain the same.

The price will go down.

Question 6 (1 point)
In cases of natural monopolies- such as utility companies- prices are kept under control MAINLY through

Question 6 options:

competition

supply and demand

free market forces

government regulation

Question 7 (1 point)
· firms produce and sell identical products
· firms have a relatively small market share
· consumers are aware of the products and their prices
· there are few barriers to entry into the market

All of these are describing what market type of market structure?
Question 7 options:

monopoly

oligopoly

monopolistic competition

perfect competition

Question 8 (1 point)

In the five C's, how is cost different from price? (Select the best answer.)

Question 8 options:

It includes all of the costs related to the product.

It makes it easier to promote the product.

It reduces the company's operating expenses.

It includes the company's operating costs.

Question 9 (1 point)

You notice that juice is now selling for much higher prices than in the past. Which two things would you expect to happen next? (Select two answers.)

Question 9 options:

Supply will go up

Demand will go down

Supply will go down

Demand will go up

Question 10 (1 point)
Needs, product, source, price, and time could all be known as .

Question 10 options:

Customer objections to a sale

Economic services

Sales promotion

Channel management function

Bayside began 2014 with an inventory t-account debit balance of $155,000. inventory purchases during the year amounted to $75,000. there were no inventory-related write-downs or losses. what is its december 31, 2014, inventory account balance?

Perez, inc., applies the equity method for its 25 percent investment in senior, inc. during 2018, perez sold goods with a 40 percent gross profit to senior, which sold all of these goods in 2018. how should perez report the effect of the intra-entity sale on its 2018 income statement?

Blue computers, a major pc manufacturer in the united states, currently has plants in kentucky and pennsylvania. the kentucky plant has a capacity of 1 million units a year and the pennsylvania plant has a capacity of 1.5 million units a year. the firm divides the united states into five markets: northeast, southeast, midwest, south, and west. each pc sells for $1,000. the firm anticipates a 50 perc~nt growth in demand (in each region) this year (after which demand will stabilize) and wants to build a plant with a capacity of 1.5 million units per year to accommodate the growth. potential sites being considered are in north carolina and california. currently the firm pays federal, state, and local taxes on the income from each plant. federal taxes are 20 percent of income, and all state and local taxes are 7 percent of income in each state. north carolina has offered to reduce taxes for the next 10 years from 7 percent to 2 percent. blue computers would like to take the tax break into consideration when planning its network. consider income over the next 10 years in your analysis. assume that all costs remain unchanged over the 10 years. use a discount factor of 0.1 for your analysis. annual fixed costs, production and shipping costs per unit, and current regional demand (before the 50 percent growth) are shown in table 5-13. (a) if blue computers sets an objective of minimizing total fixed and variable costs, where should they build the new plant? how should the network be structured? (b) if blue computers sets an objective of maximizing after-tax profits, where should they build the new plant? how should the network be structured? variable production and shipping cost ($/unit) annual fixed cost northeast southeast midwest south west (million$) kentucky 185 180 175 175 200 150 pennsylvania 170 190 180 200 220 200 n. carolina 180 180 185 185 215 150 california 220 220 195 195 175 150 demand ('000 units/month) 700 400 400 300 600