applies to land-intensive commodities but not to labor-intensive or capital-intensive commodities. refutes the principle of comparative advantage. results in straight-line production possibilities curves rather than curves that are bowed outward from the origin. may limit the extent to which a nation specializes in producing a particular product.

For june, gold corp. estimated sales revenue at $600,000. it pays sales commissions that are 4% of sales. the sales manager's salary is $285,000, estimated shipping expenses total 1% of sales, and miscellaneous selling expenses are $15,000. how much are budgeted selling expenses for the month of july if sales are expected to be $540,000.

Robert black, regional manager for ford in texas and oklahoma, faced a dilemma. the ford f-150 pickup truck was the best-selling pickup ever, yet ford's headquarters in detroit had decided to introduce a completely redesigned f-150. how could mr. black sell both trucks at the same time? he still had "old" f-150s in stock. in his advertising, mr. black referred to the new f-150s as follows: "not a better f-150. just the only truck good enough to be the next f-150." this statement represents ford's of the new f-150.

Stella company sells only two products, product a and product b. product a product b total selling price $50 $30 variable cost per unit $20 $10 total fixed costs $2,110,000 stella sells two units of product a for each unit it sells of product b. stella faces a tax rate of 40%. stella desires a net afterminustax income of $54,000. the breakeven point in units would be