As a prospective owner of a club known as the red rose, you are interested in determining the volume of sales dollars necessary for the coming year to reach the break-even point. you have decided to break down the sales for the club into four categories, they are as follows: category estimated sales cost per unit sales price per unitbeer 30,000 $0.75 $1.50meals 10,000 $5.00 $10.00dessert/wine 10,000 $1.00 $2.50lunches/sandwiches 20,000 $3.25 $6.25your fixed cost is $1800 per month plus $2000 per month for entertainment. a) what is your break even point? b).what is the expected number of meals eaach day if you are open 30 days a month?

5. profit maximization and shutting down in the short run suppose that the market for polos is a competitive market. the following graph shows the daily cost curves of a firm operating in this market. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 price (dollars per polo) quantity (thousands of polos) mc atc avc for each price in the following table, calculate the firm's optimal quantity of units to produce, and determine the profit or loss if it produces at that quantity, using the data from the previous graph to identify its total variable cost. assume that if the firm is indifferent between producing and shutting down, it will produce. (hint: you can select the purple points [diamond symbols] on the previous graph to see precise information on average variable cost.) price quantity total revenue fixed cost variable cost profit (dollars per polo) (polos) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) 12.50 135,000 27.50 135,000 45.00 135,000 if the firm shuts down, it must incur its fixed costs (fc) in the short run. in this case, the firm's fixed cost is $135,000 per day. in other words, if it shuts down, the firm would suffer losses of $135,000 per day until its fixed costs end (such as the expiration of a building lease). this firm's shutdown price—that is, the price below which it is optimal for the firm to shut down—is per polo.

In 2000, campbell soup company launched an ad campaign that showed prepubescent boys offering soup to prepubescent girls. the girls declined because they were concerned about their calorie intake. the boys explained that “lots of campbell’s soups are low in calories,” which made them ok for the girls to eat. the ads were pulled after parents expressed concern. why were parents worried? i

During which of the following phases of the business cycle does the real gdp fall? a. trough b. expansion c. contraction d. peak