The accompanying list describes the responses of four individuals to a bureau of labor statistics (bls) survey of employment.
1. mollie just graduated from college and is now looking for work. she has had three job interviews in the past month but still has not gotten a job offer.
2. george used to work in an automotive assembly plant. he was laid off six months ago as the economy weakened. he expects to return to work in a few months when national economic conditions improve.
3. jeanette worked as an aircraft design engineer for a company that produces military aircraft until she lost her job last year when the federal government cut defense spending. she has been looking for similar work for a year, but no company seems interested in her aircraft design skills.
4. ricardo lost his job last year when his company downsized and laid off middle-level managers. he tried to find another job for a year but was unsuccessful and quit looking for work.
which individual(s) would be included in the calculation of the natural unemployment rate?
a. george only
b. mollie and jeanette
c. mollie only
d. george and ricardo

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Assume that the governance committee states that all projects costing more than $70,000 must be reviewed and approved by the chief information officer and the it senior leadership team (slt). at this point, the cio has the responsibility to ensure that management processes observe the governance rules. for example, the project team might present the proposed project in an slt meeting for a vote of approval. what does this scenario illustrate about organizational structure?

5. profit maximization and shutting down in the short run suppose that the market for polos is a competitive market. the following graph shows the daily cost curves of a firm operating in this market. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 price (dollars per polo) quantity (thousands of polos) mc atc avc for each price in the following table, calculate the firm's optimal quantity of units to produce, and determine the profit or loss if it produces at that quantity, using the data from the previous graph to identify its total variable cost. assume that if the firm is indifferent between producing and shutting down, it will produce. (hint: you can select the purple points [diamond symbols] on the previous graph to see precise information on average variable cost.) price quantity total revenue fixed cost variable cost profit (dollars per polo) (polos) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) 12.50 135,000 27.50 135,000 45.00 135,000 if the firm shuts down, it must incur its fixed costs (fc) in the short run. in this case, the firm's fixed cost is $135,000 per day. in other words, if it shuts down, the firm would suffer losses of $135,000 per day until its fixed costs end (such as the expiration of a building lease). this firm's shutdown price—that is, the price below which it is optimal for the firm to shut down—is per polo.