Suppose americans decide to save less of their incomes, reducing the ability of banks to lend to businesses. with less funds available to businesses, workers will haveless capital equipment with which to work. this leads toslower growth in productivity.

scenario: hawaii and south carolina are trading partners. hawaii has an absolute advantage in the production of both coffee and tea. the opportunity cost of producing 1 pound of tea in hawaii is 2 pounds of coffee, and the opportunity cost of producing 1 pound of tea in south carolina is 1/3 pound of coffee. which of the following statements is true? a. south carolina should specialize in the production of both tea and coffee. b. hawaii should specialize in the production of tea, whereas south carolina should specialize in the production of coffee. c. hawaii should specialize in the production of coffee, whereas south carolina should specialize in the production of tea. d. hawaii should specialize in the production of both tea and coffee.

Analyzing operational changes operating results for department b of delta company during 2016 are as follows: sales $540,000 cost of goods sold 378,000 gross profit 162,000 direct expenses 120,000 common expenses 66,000 total expenses 186,000 net loss $(24,000) suppose that department b could increase physical volume of product sold by 10% if it spent an additional $18,000 on advertising while leaving selling prices unchanged. what effect would this have on the department's net income or net loss? (ignore income tax in your calculations.) use a negative sign to indicate a net loss answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. sales $answer cost of goods sold answer gross profit answer direct expenses answer common expenses answer total expenses answer net income (loss) $answer

The capital balances, prior to the liquidation of the benjamin, gaynor, megan partnership, were as follows: benjamin, capital $100,000gaynor, capital $120,000megan, capital $175,000benjamin, gaynor, and megan share profits and losses in the ratio of 25%, 40%, 35%. as a result of a loan, the partnership owes gaynor $80,000. using the information above, which partner has the highest loss absorption power (lap) prior to liquidation? a. gaynorb. meganc. benjamind. both gaynor and megan have the same lap