Afirm produces a product in a competitive industry and has a total cost function (tc) of tc(q) = 60 + 10q + 2q2 and a marginal cost function (mc) of mc(q) = 10 + 4q. at the given market price (p) of $20, the firm is producing 5.00 units of output is the firm maximizing profit? no what quantity of output should the firm produce in the long run? the firm should produce 5unit(s) of output. (enter your response as an integer.)

Afirm’s production function is represented by q(m, r) = 4m 3/4r1/3, where q denotes output, m raw materials, and r robots. the firm is currently using 6 units of raw materials and 12 robots. according to the mrts, in order to maintain its output level the firm would need to give up 2 robots if it adds 9 units of raw materials. (a) true (b) false

Andrew owns a store in polk county. his trade extends throughout river city, but not beyond the county limits. he sells his store to betty and, as part of the transaction, agrees not to engage in the same business anywhere in river city for a period of five years. a. the time restraint is likely reasonable. b. the geographic restraint is likely reasonable. c. the agreement likely violates antitrust laws and the provision is not enforceable. d. both (a) and (b).

Which of the following is true of the strategy of planned and unplanned change in global marketing? a) cultural congruence involves deliberately changing certain aspects of culture to meet marketing goals. b) all marketing efforts require planned or unplanned change in order to be accepted. c) planned change involves marketing products similar to the ones already on the market. d) the first step in bringing about planned change in a society is to remove obstacles for acceptance of a product. e) social planners gained the acceptance of protein-rich diets among the peoples of underdeveloped societies using the strategy of planned change.