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When balancing wheels with either dynamic or road force balancers, technician a says it is really important to follow the instructions provided with the particular balancer you're using. technician b says that when rebalancing a wheel, if it is out of balance, it is best to remove the old weights and recheck the balance before adding new weights. who is correct?

Two firms, a and b, each currently emit 100 tons of chemicals into the air. the government has decided to reduce the pollution and from now on will require a pollution permit for each ton of pollution emitted into the air. the government gives each firm 40 pollution permits, which it can either use or sell to the other firm. it costs firm a $200 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it is emitted into the air, and it costs firm b $100 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it is emitted into the air. after the two firms buy or sell pollution permits from each other, we would expect that firm a will emit a. 100 fewer tons of pollution into the air, and firm b will emit 20 fewer tons of pollution into the air. b. 20 more tons of pollution into the air, and firm b will emit 100 fewer tons of pollution into the air. c. 50 fewer tons of pollution into the air, and firm b will emit 50 fewer tons of pollution into the air. d. 20 fewer tons of pollution into the air, and firm b will emit 100 fewer tons of pollution into the air.

Knowledge check 01 taylor company has current sales of 1,000 units, at a selling price of $190 per unit, variable costs per unit of $76 and fixed expenses of $96,000. the company believes sales will increase by 300 units, if the company introduces sales commissions as an incentive for the sales staff. the change will decrease the selling price to $175 per unit, increase variable cost per unit to $100 and decrease fixed expenses by $20,000. what is the net operating income after the changes? increase of $21,500 decrease of $30,000 increase of $24,500 decrease of $22,000