In which of the following situations would each of the members be responsible for producing an equal share of the total amount of output sold by the cartel engaged in joint profit maximization?

a) when the amount of revenue generated by each member of the cartel is the same.

b) when there are no economies of scale in production.

c) when each member of the cartel is using the same scale of production.

d) when marginal costs of production are the same for each of the members of the cartel.

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Alyeska services company, a division of a major oil company, provides various services to the operators of the north slope oil field in alaska. data concerning the most recent year appear below: sales $18,000,000 net operating income $6,300,000 average operating assets $35,200,000 1. compute the margin for alyeska services company. (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 2. compute the turnover for alyeska services company. (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 3. compute the return on investment (roi) for alyeska services company. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places.)

The owners of backstreets italian restaurant are considering starting a delivery service forpizza and their other italian dishes in the small college town where they are located. theycan purchase a used delivery van and have it painted with their name and logo for $21,500.they can hire part-time drivers who will work in the evenings from 5 p. m. to 10 p. m. for$8 per hour. the drivers are mostly college students who study at the restaurant when theyare not making deliveries. during the day, there are so few deliveries that the regular employeescan handle them. the owners estimate that the van will last 5 years (365 days per year)before it has to be replaced and that each delivery will cost about $1.35 in gas and othermaintenance costs (including tires, oil, scheduled service, they also estimate that onaverage each delivery order will cost $15 for direct labor and ingredients to prepare andpackage, and will generate $34 in revenue. a. how many delivery orders must backstreets make each month in order for the service to break even? b. the owners believe that if they have approximately the break-even number of deliveries during the week, they will at least double that number on fridays, saturdays, and sundays. if that’s the case, how much profit will they make, at a minimum, from their delivery service each month (4 weeks per month)?