This problem reviews grammar rules you learned in previous chapters as well as confusing words and frequently misspelled words.

which sentence is grammatically correct?

the president, sheila deyoung, needs to make a decision on the $450 million deal by next spring.

the president, sheila deyoung, needs to make a decision on the $450,000,000 deal by next spring.

the president, sheila deyoung, needs to make a decision on the $450 million deal by next spring.

correctly complete the following sentence.

we need to gather all of our data for the haley report by october 16, 2009, / october 16 2009, / 16-oct-09 and distribute it to our employees.

which sentence is grammatically correct?

Answer the following questions with true or false and provide a brief explanation (2- 3 sentences) a) economies of scale in production give rise to multi-product firms. b) ace hardware corporation is an example of economies of scale in production.

Qwest airlines has implemented a program to recycle all plastic drink cups used on their aircraft. their goal is to generate $7 million by the end of the recycle program's five-year life. each recycled cup can be sold for $0.005 (1/2 cent). a. how many cups must be recycled annually to meet this goal? assume uniform annual plastic cup usage and a 0% interest rate. b. repeat part (a) when the annual interest rate is 12%. c. why is the answer to part (b) less than the answer to part (a)?

Total marketing effort is a term used to describe the critical decision factors that affect demand: price, advertising, distribution, and product quality. define the variable x to represent total marketing effort. a typical model that is used to predict demand as a function of total marketing effort is based on the power function: d = axb suppose that a is a positive number. different model forms result from varying the constant b. sketch the graphs of this model for b = 0, b = 1, 0< b< 1, b< 0, and b> 1. (we encourage you to use excel to do this.) what does each model tell you about the relationship between demand and marketing effort? what assumptions are implied? are they reasonable? how would you go about selecting the appropriate model?