The market price of apples is currently rising. In a free-market economy, the most likely explanation of this price change is that:

a. the equilibrium price is lower than the market price.
b. the government has decided to set a higher price so that firms competing in the market make an adequate profit.
c. the supply of money has decreased. there is a shortage in the market for apples.

Kubin company’s relevant range of production is 18,000 to 22,000 units. when it produces and sells 20,000 units, its average costs per unit are as follows: average cost per unit direct materials $ 7.00 direct labor $ 4.00 variable manufacturing overhead $ 1.50 fixed manufacturing overhead $ 5.00 fixed selling expense $ 3.50 fixed administrative expense $ 2.50 sales commissions $ 1.00 variable administrative expense $ 0.50 required: 1. for financial accounting purposes, what is the total amount of product costs incurred to make 20,000 units? 2. for financial accounting purposes, what is the total amount of period costs incurred to sell 20,000 units? 3. for financial accounting purposes, what is the total amount of product costs incurred to make 22,000 units? 4. for financial accounting purposes, what is the total amount of period costs incurred to sell 18,000 units?

In a high school with 3000 students, counselors are putting together a math tutoring program for the neighboring middle school. they plan to invite high school students with high average test scores to tutor middle school students, and they would like to offer gift cards to the student tutors. the counselors have a spreadsheet showing each student’s average test scores, and in order to find out how many gift cards they should purchase, the counselors need to count how many students would qualify to become tutors. which type of function would best the counselors determine the number of eligible students?

How do public goods limit a free market economy? a. they allow consumers to make only occasional economic decisions. b. they allow government to make some economic decisions. c. they allow consumers to make all of the economic decisions. d. they do not allow government to make any economic decisions.