Bob consumes food and housing. suppose his marginal utility from an additional unit of food is 20 and his marginal utility from an additional unit of housing is 100. furthermore, suppose the price of a unit of food is $1.00 and the price of a unit of housing is $2.00. can bob increase his utility without changing his total expenditures on food and housing? holding expenditures constant,

a. bob can increase utility by spending more on food and the same amount on housing.
b. bob cannot increase his utility
c. bob can increase utility by spending more on food and less on housing.
d. bob can increase utility by spending more on food and more on housing.
e. bob can increase utility by spending less on food and more on housing.

If his parents cannot alex with college, and two of his scholarships will be awarded to other students if he does not accept them immediately, which is the best option for him?

Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)

land, a building and equipment are acquired for a lump sum of $ 1,000,000. the market values of the land, building and equipment are $ 300,000, $ 800,000 and $ 300,000, respectively. what is the cost assigned to the equipment? (do not round any intermediary calculations, and round your final answer to the nearest dollar.)