Which of the following is a shortcoming of the unemployment rate? choose one or more: a. the unemployment rate does not include discouraged workers. b. there are too few observations collected monthly. the small sample size causes inaccurate measurements. c. if someone is working at a lower-paying job but is qualified for a higher-paying job, he/she is counted as unemployed. d. temporary workers are not counted as employed.

Afirm plans to begin production of a new small appliance. the manager must decide whether to purchase the motors for the appliance from a vendor at $10 each or to produce them in-house. either of two processes could be used for in-house production; process a would have an annual fixed cost of $200,000 and a variable cost of $7 per unit, and process b would have an annual fixed cost of $175,000 and a variable cost of $8 per unit. determine the range of annual volume for which each of the alternatives would be best. (round your first answer to the nearest whole number. include the indifference value itself in this answer.)