Read the scenario and enter you answer as a whole number wit…
Read the scenario and enter you answer as a whole number with proper positive/negative annotation. Linda sells 100 bottles of homemade ketchup for $10 each. The cost of the ingredients, the bottles, and the labels was $700. In addition, it took her 20 hours to make the ketchup, and to do so she took time off from a job that paid her $20 per hour. Linda’s economic profit is?
Read DetailsTomatoes cost Andy $3.50 per pound, and he has $10.00 that h…
Tomatoes cost Andy $3.50 per pound, and he has $10.00 that he could possibly spend on tomatoes or other items. Suppose he feels that the first pound of tomatoes is worth $4.00, the second pound is worth $2.78, the third pound is worth $1.05, and all subsequent pounds are worth $0.30 per pound. How many pound of tomatoes will he purchase? Enter your answer as a whole number.
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Both Wisconsin and Illinois border Lake Michigan. The lake is becoming polluted and both states are deciding whether or not to clean it. If Wisconsin decides to clean the lake it will cost 1200 and generate social benefits of 1500 – however, Wisconsin will receive only 1100 of those social benefits while neighbor Illinois will receive the other 400. If Illinois cleans the lake, it will cost them 700 and generate social benefits of 900 – however, Illinois will receive only 600 of those benefits, Wisconsin will receive the remaining 300. If a state does not clean the lake, it experiences a cost of $0. In the absence of any agreement, the outcome of this game will be:
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