Dade Metals manufactures patio furniture. The company budgets overhead cost of $480,000 for the year. It also budgets 24,000 machine hours and 8,000 direct labor hours. Required:
1. Compute the plantwide overhead rate, assuming the company allocates overhead based on (a) machine hours and (b) direct labor hours.
2. Job 121 uses 160 machine hours and 150 direct labor hours. Allocate overhead to Job 121 assuming overhead is allocated based on machine hours.
3. Job 121 uses 160 machine hours and 150 direct labor hours. Allocate overhead to Job 121 assuming overhead is allocated based on direct labor hours.

answer: marginal utility of the fourth brownie is 0.

explanation: marginal utility is the addtional utility gained from the consumption of one more unit of a good. it is given by,

so, marginal utility at the 4th unit will be given by

since, the values are not given here, you can simply find marginal utility at fourth unit by subtracting total utility at 3rd unit from total utility at 4th unit.

answer: in the short-run firms will respond by raising the price of turkey.

explanation: initially the long-run equilibrium is at a price of $5 per pound of turkey and a quantity of 50 million pounds per year. now, when webmd claims that a protein found in turkey will increase your expected lifespan by 4 years. the consumers demand for turkey will increase at every price shifting the demand curve to the right from d1 to d2. while, there will be no change in the supply curve in the short-run as it is not possible for producers to adjust supply so quickly. as a result the new equilibrium will occur at a higher price and a higher quantity of turkey.

thus, in the short run firms will respond by increasing the price of turkey, selling more quantity at a higher price and earning economic profits.