To compose simple messages, you may need only to make a scratch list of your ideas before writing. Many messages, however, may require you to make an outline to organize your thoughts. Use the scratch list to answer the question that follows.
The Boston Hotel
High-end linens
600-thread-count sheets
Coffee maker with selected teas
Imported beer
Fresh-squeezed juices
Affordability
Food and drink
Double-thick bath towels
Silk pillowcases
Raw silk curtains with gold embellishments
$100/night four-star rooms
Free snacks, shampoo, and conditioner
Free wireless Internet

You have been asked to organize the items on the scratch list into an outline for your supervisor. You have completed the outline when your supervisor sends you a quick e-mail with the additional scratch list that follows. Your supervisor wants you to include the items on the new scratch list that fit into your existing outline.

Evening wine tasting
Sparkling water
Safety
Communication
Four-star hotel restaurant
Cleanliness
Proximity to downtown shopping
Indoor pool

Which subpoints should you include in your outline?

a. [removed]Sparkling water, evening wine tasting, four-star hotel restaurant
b. [removed]Safety, indoor pool, proximity to downtown shopping
c. [removed]Safety, communication, cleanliness

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.

Providing a great shopping experience to customers is one of the important objectives of purple fashions inc., a clothing store. to achieve this objective, the company has a team of committed customer service professionals whose job is to ensure that customers get exactly what they want. this scenario illustrates that purple fashions is trying to achieve

Environmentalists are concerned about emissions of sulfur dioxide into the air. the average number of days per year in which sulfur dioxide levels exceed 150 milligrams per cubic meter in milan, italy, is 29. the number of days per year in which emission limits are exceeded is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 4.0 days. what percentage of the years would exceed 37 days?