Assume the perpetual inventory system is used. 1) Green Company purchased merchandise inventory that cost $16,100 under terms of 3/10, n/30 and FOB shipping point. 2) Green Company paid freight cost of $610 to have the merchandise delivered. 3) Payment was made to the supplier on the inventory within 10 days. 4) All of the merchandise was sold to customers for $23,700 cash and delivered under terms FOB destination with freight cost amounting to $410. What is the amount of gross margin that results from these transactions

Consider the local telephone company, a natural monopoly. the following graph shows the monthly demand curve for phone services and the company’s marginal revenue (mr), marginal cost (mc), and average total cost (atc) curves. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 price (dollars per subscription) quantity (thousands of subscriptions) d mr mc atc 8, 60 suppose that the government has decided not to regulate this industry, and the firm is free to maximize profits, without constraints. complete the first row of the following table. pricing mechanism short run long-run decision quantity price profit (subscriptions) (dollars per subscription) profit maximization marginal-cost pricing average-cost pricing suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to marginal cost. complete the second row of the previous table. suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to average total cost. complete the third row of the previous table. under average-cost pricing, the government will raise the price of output whenever a firm’s costs increase, and lower the price whenever a firm’s costs decrease. over time, under the average-cost pricing policy, what will the local telephone company most likely do

An allergy products superstore buys 6000 of their most popular model of air filters each year. the price of the air filters is $18. the cost of ordering and receiving shipments is $12 per order. accounting estimates annual carrying costs are 20% of the price. the supplier lead time is 2 days. the store operates 240 days per year. each order is received from the supplier in a single delivery. there are no quantity discounts. what is the store’s minimum total annual cost of placing orders & carrying inventory?

Identify whether each of the following statements best illustrates the concept of consumer surplus, producer surplus, or neither. statement consumer surplus producer surplus neither a local store was having a sale on textbooks, so i bought a used textbook for my brother. i sold a watch for $61, even though i was willing to go as low as $55 in order to sell it. even though i was willing to pay up to $116 for a used laptop, i bought a used laptop for only $110.