Key figures for the recent two years of both Apple and Google follow. Apple Google $ millions Current Year Prior Year Current Year Prior Year Net income $ 48,351 $ 45,687 $ 12,662 $ 19,478 Net sales 229,234 215,639 110,855 90,272 Current assets 128,645 106,869 124,308 105,408 Current liabilities 100,814 79,006 24,183 16,756 Required: 1. Compute profit margins for (a) Apple and (b) Google for the two years of data reported above. 2. In the current year, which company is more successful on the basis of profit margin? 3. Compute current ratios for (a) Apple and (b) Google for the two years reported above. 4. In the current year, which company has the better ability to pay short-term obligations according to the current ratio?

German brothels recently began offering a monthly subscription service for multiple purchasers. if you thought that the brothels' encouragement of prostitution was immoral to begin with, would you consider this pricing plan to be even more immoral? suppose a particular patron at a german brothel has the following willingness-to-pay schedule for services at the brothel, per session. session willingness to pay 1st $84 2nd $72 3rd $60 4th $48 5th $36 6th $24 suppose this consumer would not demand any more sessions, even for free. also assume that the marginal cost to the brothel, per session, is constant at $12. at a price of $78.00 per session, the number of sessions demanded by this consumer would be . at this price and quantity, consumer surplus is $ and producer surplus is $ . suppose the brothel has devised a new pricing scheme for consumers who demand more than 1 session. this pricing scheme is a subscription service, whereby consumers can pay a flat fee of $259.20 and can have up to 6 sessions total. using this subscription pricing model, this consumer would demand sessions. under this scenario, consumer surplus is $ and producer surplus is $ . (hint: for consumer surplus, consider how much total value the consumer places on all sessions, versus the total price paid.)