Afood manufacturer is trying to maximize profit by selling wheat-based cereal (c) and wheat bread(b) with raw wheat (w). the production functions are: cereal: c = 40wc – 1.5wc2 bread: b = 80wb – 2wb2 constraint: wc + wb = 10,000 profit is $1.00 per box of cereal and $0.50 per pack of wheat bread. there are 8,000 units of raw wheat available. how much wheat should go to the cereal? enter as a value.

Which term refers to the amount of products generated divided by the inputs necessary to create that output? a. performance b. industry ranking c. productivity d. organizational performance e. organizational effectiveness

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

Popeye produces 20 cans of spinach in 8 hours. wimpy produces 15 hamburgers in 10 hours. if each hamburger trades for 1.5 cans of spinach, then: a. wimpy’s production and productivity are greater than popeye’s. b. popeye’s production is greater than wimpy’s, but his productivity is less. c. wimpy’s production is greater than popeye’s, but his productivity is less. d. popeye’s production and productivity are greater than wimpy’s.