In 2007, Makber, Inc., began a music video entertainment company specializing in personalized modifications of existing music videos at the individual user level. Since that time, the corporation has diversified into the development of clothing lines and manufacturing of electronics. The percentage of the corporation's music video division has decreased from 100 percent of its total assets, net worth, total revenues, and earnings to 29 percent of its total assets, 22 percent of its net worth, and 15 percent of Makber's revenue and earnings. After careful review of its current business model and growth projections, Makber has decided to sell off its music video division without the consent of the shareholders. A large contingent of shareholders that bought stock at the inception of Makber have an emotional connection to the music video products and are up in arms. If you were on the Board of Directors for Makber, how would you justify your decision to the sell the division without consent of the shareholders

The economic advisor of a large tire store proposes the demand function d(p)equalsstartfraction 1900 over p minus 40 endfraction , where d(p) is the number of tires of one brand and size that can be sold in one day at price p. answer parts (a) through (e) below. a. recalling that the demand must be positive, what is the domain of this function? the domain consists of all possible values of ▼ for which ▼ p d(p) ▼ does not exist. is positive. is zero. is negative. exists.

You and your new australian bride matilda, are applying for a loan and are required to submit a balance sheet with your net worth. you own a 2008 toyota camry that you bought last month for $9,995. the kelly blue book value for this car is $13,995. you owe $8,150 on the car loan for the camry. you pay off your visa credit card every month and have not paid any credit card interest this year. the current visa credit card balance is $3,522, and the next statement is due in 15 days. you have a student loan balance of $6,500. you presently have $425 in your checking account and $1,540 in your savings account. you own 100 shares of ibm stock that you purchased for $85.50 per share. one share of ibm is now selling for $158.42. you own computers and other electronics that you purchased for $4,100 but could probably sell today on e-bay for $1,800. your gross income is $80,000 per year. what is your current net worth? (see wb ch. 2 example 2.3)

5. profit maximization and shutting down in the short run suppose that the market for polos is a competitive market. the following graph shows the daily cost curves of a firm operating in this market. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 price (dollars per polo) quantity (thousands of polos) mc atc avc for each price in the following table, calculate the firm's optimal quantity of units to produce, and determine the profit or loss if it produces at that quantity, using the data from the previous graph to identify its total variable cost. assume that if the firm is indifferent between producing and shutting down, it will produce. (hint: you can select the purple points [diamond symbols] on the previous graph to see precise information on average variable cost.) price quantity total revenue fixed cost variable cost profit (dollars per polo) (polos) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) 12.50 135,000 27.50 135,000 45.00 135,000 if the firm shuts down, it must incur its fixed costs (fc) in the short run. in this case, the firm's fixed cost is $135,000 per day. in other words, if it shuts down, the firm would suffer losses of $135,000 per day until its fixed costs end (such as the expiration of a building lease). this firm's shutdown price—that is, the price below which it is optimal for the firm to shut down—is per polo.