Subway is targeting a more narrow market segment among college students than the segment on which McDonald’s focuses. Subway is focusing on students interested in healthy fast food. To select this business strategy, Subway would have used information from all the following categories EXCEPT:. a. demographic factors.
b. psychological factors.
c. consumption-pattern factors.
d. end-use segments.

For each separate case below, follow the 3-step process for adjusting the prepaid asset account at december 31. step 1: determine what the current account balance equals. step 2: determine what the current account balance should equal. step 3: record the december 31 adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2. assume no other adjusting entries are made during the year. a. prepaid insurance. the prepaid insurance account has a $4,700 debit balance to start the year. a re- view of insurance policies and payments shows that $900 of unexpired insurance remains at year-end. b. prepaid insurance. the prepaid insurance account has a $5,890 debit balance at the start of the year. a review of insurance policies and payments shows $1,040 of insurance has expired by year-end. c. prepaidrent. onseptember1ofthecurrentyear, thecompanyprepaid$24,000 for 2 years of rentfor facilities being occupied that day. the company debited prepaid rent and credited cash for $24,000.

Consider the market for gasoline. suppose that, in a competitive market without government regulations, the equilibrium price of gasoline is $3.00 per gallon, and employees at gas stations earn $17.50 per hour. complete the following table by indicating whether each of the statements is an example of a price ceiling or a price floor and whether it results in a shortage or a surplus or has no effect on the price and quantity that prevail in the market. statement price control effect the government has instituted a legal minimum price of $3.40 per gallon for gasoline. the government prohibits gas stations from selling gasoline for more than $3.40 per gallon. due to new regulations, gas stations that would like to pay better wages in order to hire more workers are prohibited from paying more than $14.50 per hour.

Some years ago it was estimated that the demand for steel approximately satisfied the equation p=194-25x x, and the total cost of producing x units of steel was upper c left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 145 plus 40 x. (the quantity x was measured in millions of tons and the price and total cost were measured in millions of dollars.) determine the level of production and the corresponding price that maximize the profits.