Mckinley, a large consulting firm in the uk, has a consulting staff consisting of 400 consultants at the rank of "associate." on average, a consultant remains at the associate level for 2 years. after this time, 30% of the consultants are promoted to the rank of "engagement manager"; the other 70% have to leave the company. in order to maintain the consulting staff at an average level of 400 associates, how many new consultants does mckinley have to hire each year at the associate level? (hint: apply little's law - identify avg. inventory, flow time - avg. time spend in system by an individual unit. question asks for how many/yr? )

Proportion of us adults who own a cell phone. in a survey of 1006 us adults in 2014, 90% said they had a cell phone.1

The owners of backstreets italian restaurant are considering starting a delivery service forpizza and their other italian dishes in the small college town where they are located. theycan purchase a used delivery van and have it painted with their name and logo for $21,500.they can hire part-time drivers who will work in the evenings from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. for$8 per hour. the drivers are mostly college students who study at the restaurant when theyare not making deliveries. during the day, there are so few deliveries that the regular employeescan handle them. the owners estimate that the van will last 5 years (365 days per year)before it has to be replaced and that each delivery will cost about $1.35 in gas and othermaintenance costs (including tires, oil, scheduled service, they also estimate that onaverage each delivery order will cost $15 for direct labor and ingredients to prepare andpackage, and will generate $34 in revenue.a. how many delivery orders must backstreets make each month in order for the service to break even? b. the owners believe that if they have approximately the break-even number of deliveries during the week, they will at least double that number on fridays, saturdays, and sundays. if that’s the case, how much profit will they make, at a minimum, from their delivery service each month (4 weeks per month)?

Which of the following is an example of an unsought good? a. cameron purchases a new bike. b. jordan buys paper towels. c. taylor buys cupcakes from her favorite bakery. d. riley buys new windshield wipers for her car.