An online buying club requires an annual fee of $170 in order to qualify for a 19 percent discount on purchases. What amount would a person have to buy in order to save enough to cover the cost of the membership?

Suppose that: 1. malaysia requires 1 hour of labor to produce 1 pound of rice and 2 hours of labor to produce 1 pencil; 2. indonesia requires 2 hours of labor to produce 1 pound of rice and 4 hours of labor to produce 1 pencil; 3. each country has 10,000 hours of labor to allocate between the production of rice and pencils; and 4. in autarky, malaysia consumes 5,000 pounds of rice and 2,500 pencils. which country has an absolute advantage in rice production? in pencil production? which country has a comparative advantage in rice production? in pencil production? will trade between the two countries be mutually beneficial?

If you were running a company, what are at least two things you could do to improve its productivity.

Excel allows you to take a lot of data and organize it in one document. what are some of the features you can use to clarify, emphasize, and differentiate your data?