Using the chart, identify an example of absolute advantage for the United States over either Country A or Country B. Be sure to identify the product and the country. Explain how the availability and use of a natural resource may impact advantage.

Suppose that xtel currently is selling at $40 per share. you buy 500 shares using $15,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. the rate on the margin loan is 8%. a. what is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of xtel immediately changes to (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) b. if the maintenance margin is 25%, how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. how would your answer to requirement 2 would change if you had financed the initial purchase with only $10,000 of your own money? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) d. what is the rate of return on your margined position (assuming again that you invest $15,000 of your own money) if xtel is selling after one year at (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) e. continue to assume that a year has passed. how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

What’s the present value of a perpetuity that pays $250 per year if the appropriate interest rate is 5%? $4,750 $5,000 $5,250 $5,513 $5,788what is the present value of the following cash flow stream at a rate of 8.0%, rounded to the nearest dollar? cash flows: today (t = 0) it is $750, after one year (t = 1) it is $2,450, at t = 2 it is $3,175, and at t=3 it is $4,400. draw a time line. $7,917 $8,333 $8,772 $9,233 $9,695

In a transportation minimization problem, the negative improvement index associated with a cell indicates that reallocating units to that cell would lower costs. truefalse