Alittle exchange economy has just two consumers, named ken and barbie, and two commodities, quiche and wine. ken's initial endowment is 3 units of quiche and 2 units of wine. barbie's initial endowment is 1 unit of quiche and 6 units of wine. ken and barbie have identical utility functions. we write ken's utility function as, u(qk, wk) = qkwk and barbie's utility function as u(qb, wb) = qbwb, where qk and wk are the amounts of quiche and wine for ken and qb and wb are amounts of quiche and wine for barbie.

Alyeska services company, a division of a major oil company, provides various services to the operators of the north slope oil field in alaska. data concerning the most recent year appear below: sales $18,000,000 net operating income $6,300,000 average operating assets $35,200,000 1. compute the margin for alyeska services company. (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 2. compute the turnover for alyeska services company. (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 3. compute the return on investment (roi) for alyeska services company. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places.)

Oliver's company is planning the launch of their hybrid cars. the company has included "never-before-seen" product benefits in the hybrid cars. which type of advertising should oliver's company use for the new cars?

Arnold rossiter is a 40-year-old employee of the barrington company who will retire at age 60 and expects to live to age 75. the firm has promised a retirement income of $20,000 at the end of each year following retirement until death. the firm's pension fund is expected to earn 7 percent annually on its assets and the firm uses 7% to discount pension benefits. what is barrington's annual pension contribution to the nearest dollar for mr. rossiter? (assume certainty and end-of-year cash flows.)