In a barter economy, it is harder to find people with whom you have a double coincidence of wants than is the case in a money economy. Because of this, the of making exchanges in a barter economy are likely to be higher than in a money economy.

Lambert manufacturing has $100,000 to invest in either project a or project b. the following data are available on these projects (ignore income taxes.): project a project b cost of equipment needed now $100,000 $60,000 working capital investment needed now - $40,000 annual cash operating inflows $40,000 $35,000 salvage value of equipment in 6 years $10,000 - both projects will have a useful life of 6 years and the total cost approach to net present value analysis. at the end of 6 years, the working capital investment will be released for use elsewhere. lambert's required rate of return is 14%. the net present value of project b is:

Oz makes lion food out of giraffe and gazelle meat. giraffe meat has 18 grams of protein and 36 grams of fat per pound, while gazelle meat has 36 grams of protein and 18 grams of fat per pound. a batch of lion food must contain at least "46,800" grams of protein and 70,200 grams of fat. giraffe meat costs $1/pound and gazelle meat costs $2/pound. how many pounds of each should go into each batch of lion food in order to minimize costs? hint [see example 2.]

Sally mitchell works as a manager at an environmental organization. she is currently working on a global warming project and decides which tasks related to creating awareness about the issue need to be done. in addition, she is also deciding which members of her team will work on engaging with the public and which will work on lobbying with the government. she is also assigning people as team members to ensure that tasks are undertaken on time. which of the following categories of functions is mitchell undertaking? envisioning organizing controlling planning