The primary goal of a firm's management is to do what? select one: a. maximize owner's share of earningsb. maximize owner's wealthc. maximize the firm's salesd. maximize the firm's assets

Consider the local telephone company, a natural monopoly. the following graph shows the monthly demand curve for phone services and the company’s marginal revenue (mr), marginal cost (mc), and average total cost (atc) curves. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 price (dollars per subscription) quantity (thousands of subscriptions) d mr mc atc 8, 60 suppose that the government has decided not to regulate this industry, and the firm is free to maximize profits, without constraints. complete the first row of the following table. pricing mechanism short run long-run decision quantity price profit (subscriptions) (dollars per subscription) profit maximization marginal-cost pricing average-cost pricing suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to marginal cost. complete the second row of the previous table. suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to average total cost. complete the third row of the previous table. under average-cost pricing, the government will raise the price of output whenever a firm’s costs increase, and lower the price whenever a firm’s costs decrease. over time, under the average-cost pricing policy, what will the local telephone company most likely do

1. what is the amount of interest earned after two years on a $100 deposit paying 4 percent simple interest annually? $8.00 $4.08 $8.16 $4.00 2. what is the amount of compound interest earned after three years on a $100 deposit paying 8 percent interest annually? $24.00 $8.00 $16.64 $25.97 3. a business just took out a loan for $100,000 at 10% interest. if the business pays the loan off in three months, how much did the business pay in interest? $2,500.00 $10.00 $250.00 $10,000.00 4. what is the annual percentage yield (apy) for a deposit paying 5 percent interest with monthly compounding? 5.00% 5.12% 79.59% 0.42%

At the beginning of 2014, winston corporation issued 10% bonds with a face value of $2,000,000. these bonds mature in five years, and interest is paid semiannually on june 30 and december 31. the bonds were sold for $1,852,800 to yield 12%. winston uses a calendar-year reporting period. using the effective-interest method of amortization, what amount of interest expense should be reported for 2014? (round your answer to the nearest dollar.)