Method of least squares, evaluation of cost equation lassiter company used the method of least squares to develop a cost equation to predict the cost of moving materials. there were 80 data points for the regression, and the following computer output was generated: intercept $18,950 slope 13 coefficient of correlation 0.92 standard error $220 the activity driver used was the number of moves. required: 1. what is the cost formula? y = $ + $x 2. using the cost formula, predict the cost of moving materials if 330 moves are made. $ 3. what percentage of the variability in moving cost is explained by the number of moves? (round percentage to two decimal places.) %

You are an employee of an u. s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u. s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u. s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

The textbook defines ethics as “the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group,” and specifically as the standards one uses to decide what their conduct should be. to what extent do you believe that what happened at bp (british petrolium) is as much a breakdown in the company’s ethical systems as it is in its safety systems, and how would you defend your conclusion?

Consider an economy where the government's budget is initially balanced. the production function, consumption function and investment function can be represented as follows y equals k to the power of alpha l to the power of 1 minus alpha end exponent c equals c subscript 0 plus b left parenthesis y minus t right parenthesis i equals i subscript 0 minus d r suppose that taxes increase. what happens to the equilibrium level of output?