Producer surplus: a. is the difference between the maximum amount a person is willing to pay for a good and its current market price. b. is the difference between the true value of a product and the amount the firm wants to receive. c. represents the minimum amount a firm must receive for a particular product in order to be able to produce the product . d. is the difference between the current market price and the cost of production for the firm.

Add the mips assembly language instructions (after main: ) to complete the following (in this order). do not skip steps. use other registers as needed. actions: 1. initialize the register $s0 to 35 2. prompt the user to enter a number, read the number and then put it into register $s1 3. prompt the user to enter a number, read the number and then put it into register $s2 4. store the value in $s1 into the memory at address 0x10010000. 5. store the value in $s2 into the memory at address 0x10010004. 6. calculate the value of $s0 - $s1 $s2 and store the result in the memory at address 0x10010008. 7. print the following output each on its own line. you will need to determine the location of each of the strings from the beginning of the memory segment a. your name b. the value in address 0x10010000 c. the value in address 0x10010004 d. the value in address 0x10010008 8. exchange or swap the values in $s1 and $s2 9. set the value in $s0 to -$s0

Big trail running company has started to produce running apparel in addition to the trail running shoes that they have manufactured for years. they feel that a departmental overhead rate would best reflect their overall manufacturing overhead usage. based on research the following information was gathered for the upcoming year: machining department finishing department estimated manufacturing overhead by department $ 600 comma 000 $ 400 comma 000 trail running shoes 440 comma 000 machine hours 11 comma 000 direct labor hours running apparel 60 comma 000 machine hours 39 comma 000 direct labor hours manufacturing overhead is driven by machine hours for the machining department and direct labor hours for the finishing department. at the end of the year, the following information was gathered related to the production of the trail running shoes and running apparel: machining department finishing department trail running shoes 442 comma 000 hours 10 comma 500 hours running apparel 57 comma 000 hours 40 comma 000 hours how much manufacturing overhead will be allocated to the trail running shoes

As sales exceed the break‑even point, a high contribution‑margin percentage (a) increases profits faster than does a low contribution-margin percentage (b) increases profits at the same rate as a low contribution-margin percentage (c) decreases profits at the same rate as a low contribution-margin percentage (d) increases profits slower than does a low contribution-margin percentage