Currently an economy is producing (at a point on its production possibilities frontier) 100 units of good x and the opportunity cost of producing 1x is 3y. if good x is produced at increasing opportunity costs, then when the economy produces 120 units of good x (on the same ppf) the opportunity cost of producing 1y (not 1x) could be: (a) 1/4x. (b) 1/3x. (c) 1/2x. (d) 1x. (e) none of the above

Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)

Salt corporation's contribution margin ratio is 78% and its fixed monthly expenses are $30,000. assume that the company's sales for may are expected to be $89,000. required: estimate the company's net operating income for may, assuming that the fixed monthly expenses do not change.

Which feature is a characteristic of a corporation?