Columbus inc. sells a high end hair dryer in a super competitive marketplace. as a result, market research and competitive pressures influence the determination of their selling price. their marketing department has done a comprehensive analysis and it looks like a price of $53 would be appropriate given the present business environment. the company has a goal of earning $26 on each unit. what is the target unit cost of each hair dryer? enter your answers without dollar signs or commas.

Upon completion of the northwest-corner rule, which source-destination cell is guaranteed to be occupied? a. top-leftb. the cell with the lowest shipping costc. bottom-leftd. top-righte. bottom-right

German brothels recently began offering a monthly subscription service for multiple purchasers. if you thought that the brothels' encouragement of prostitution was immoral to begin with, would you consider this pricing plan to be even more immoral? suppose a particular patron at a german brothel has the following willingness-to-pay schedule for services at the brothel, per session. session willingness to pay 1st $84 2nd $72 3rd $60 4th $48 5th $36 6th $24 suppose this consumer would not demand any more sessions, even for free. also assume that the marginal cost to the brothel, per session, is constant at $12. at a price of $78.00 per session, the number of sessions demanded by this consumer would be . at this price and quantity, consumer surplus is $ and producer surplus is $ . suppose the brothel has devised a new pricing scheme for consumers who demand more than 1 session. this pricing scheme is a subscription service, whereby consumers can pay a flat fee of $259.20 and can have up to 6 sessions total. using this subscription pricing model, this consumer would demand sessions. under this scenario, consumer surplus is $ and producer surplus is $ . (hint: for consumer surplus, consider how much total value the consumer places on all sessions, versus the total price paid.)

Aconsumer would pay an extra if they used the rent to own program to buy the computer, rather than using cash. for all of the items, using is the cheapest option over the life of the contract. the most expensive overall option is to use to purchase the item.