An industrial producer is searching for a supplier for ball bearings. its three most important supplier criteria are price, quality, and delivery reliability. the firm has decided that quality and delivery reliability should carry the same weight, and that each of them are twice as important as price. if the weights sum to 100%, what would a supplier with ratings of 40, 90, and 75 in the three respective categories score as a weighted total?
a. 205
b. 370
c. 37
d. 74
e. 49

The revenues of a company increased by 39% in year one and decreased 22% in year two. what is the overall change over the two-year period?

John novosel was employed by nationwide insurance company for fifteen years. novosel had been a model employee and, at the time of discharge, was a district claims manager and a candidate for the position of division claims manager. during novosel's fifteenth year of employment, nationwide circulated a memorandum requesting the participation of all employees in an effort to lobby the pennsylvania state legislature for the passage of a certain bill before the body. novosel, who had privately indicated his disagreement with nationwide's political views, refused to lend his support to the lobby, and his employment with nationwide was terminated. novosel brought two separate claims against nationwide, arguing, first, that his discharge for refusing to lobby the state legislature on behalf of nationwide constituted the tort of wrongful discharge in that it was arbitrary, malicious, and contrary to public policy. novosel also contended that nationwide breached an implied contract guaranteeing continued employment so long as his job performance was satisfactory. what decision as to each claim?

In the supply-and-demand schedule shown above, at the lowest price of $50, producers supply music players and consumers demand music players.