Suppose an economist advises a state's governor to raise the tax on cigarettes. the governor does not implement the policy because it would not be popular with voters. which of the following statements best describes the scenario? a) this is an un-common occurrence. more often than not, policy-makers follow the advise of economists.
b) this is a common occurrence. the policy-maker knows the best policy but chooses not to institute it for other reasons.
c) this would never happen because policy-makers always follow economists' advice.
d) this is a common occurrence. policy-makers typically disregard economists' advice since they don't believe it's useful.

Arival company manufactures fuel tanks for cars using a different production technique. the total weekly cost (in dollars) of producing x tanks is given by c(x) = 10000 +90x - 0.04x2 find the marginal cost at a production level of 500 fuel tanks per week to approximate the cost of the 501st unit (round to the nearest 2 decimal places, if needed)

Personal financial planning is the process of creating and achieving financial goals? true or false

The production manager of rordan corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter units to be produced 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour. required: 1. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.