Curtis is considering buying a new workout machine that promises weight loss at twice the rate of other machines. When Curtis questioned such a claim with the manufacturer, the customer service representative stated this was a new system and previous research on weight loss was not applicable. This example illustrates which warning sign of pseudoscience

Mr. beautiful, an organization that sells weight training sets, has an ordering cost of $40 for the bb-1 set. (bb-1 stands for body beautiful number 1.) the carrying cost for bb-1 is $5 per set per year. to meet demand, mr. beautiful orders large quantities of bb-1 seven times a year. the stockout cost for bb-1 is estimated to be $50 per set. over the past several years, mr. beautiful has observed the following demand during the lead time for bb-1: demand during lead time probability40 0.150 0.260 0.270 0.280 0.290 0.1total 1.0the reorder point for bb-1 is 60 sets. what level of safety stock should be maintained for bb-1?

10. problems and applications q10 a market is described by the following supply-and-demand curves: qsqs = = 2p2p qdqd = = 300â’p300â’p the equilibrium price is $ and the equilibrium quantity is . suppose the government imposes a price ceiling of $90. this price ceiling is , and the market price will be $ . the quantity supplied will be , and the quantity demanded will be . therefore, a price ceiling of $90 will result in . suppose the government imposes a price floor of $90. this price floor is , and the market price will be $ . the quantity supplied will be and the quantity demanded will be . therefore, a price floor of $90 will result in . instead of a price control, the government levies a tax on producers of $30. as a result, the new supply curve is: qsqs = = 2(pâ’30)2pâ’30 with this tax, the market price will be $ , the quantity supplied will be , and the quantity demanded will be . the passage of such tax will result in .

On january 2, 2016, twilight hospital purchased a $94,800 special radiology scanner from bella inc. the scanner had a useful life of 4 years and was estimated to have no disposal value at the end of its useful life. the straight-line method of depreciation is used on this scanner. annual operating costs with this scanner are $106,000. approximately one year later, the hospital is approached by dyno technology salesperson, jacob cullen, who indicated that purchasing the scanner in 2016 from bella inc. was a mistake. he points out that dyno has a scanner that will save twilight hospital $26,000 a year in operating expenses over its 3-year useful life. jacob notes that the new scanner will cost $111,000 and has the same capabilities as the scanner purchased last year. the hospital agrees that both scanners are of equal quality. the new scanner will have no disposal value. jacob agrees to buy the old scanner from twilight hospital for $40,500. if twilight hospital sells its old scanner on january 2, 2017, compute the gain or loss on the sale. prepare an incremental analysis of twilight hospital.