Worries about china reported that its real gdp grew by 6.9 percent in 2015, down from 7.3 percent in 2014. experts think that china has overstated its true growth rate and many fear that its growth will slow further source: the economist, january 19, 2016 how does china's real gdp growth compare with that of the united states? if china's growth slows further, would that mean it was in a recession? china's real gdp growth is than that of the united states. if china's growth slows further, china
a. greater; will not be in a recession because china's real gdp growth is greater than u. s. real gdp growth and we know that the united states is not in a recession
b. smaller; may or may not be in a recession. it depends on the relationship between real gdp and potential gdp
c. greater; will not be in a recession because real gdp growth although slowing is still positive
d. greater; will be in a recession because real gdp growth is slowing.

Needs to schedule the staffing of the center. it is open from 8am until midnight. larry has monitored the usage of the center at various times of the day and determined that the following number of computer consultants are required: time of dayminimum number of consultants required to be on duty8 am-noon4noon-4 pm84pm-8pm108pm-midnight6 two types of computer consultants can be hired: full-time and part-time. the full- time consultants work for eight consecutive hours in any of the shifts: morning (8am- 4pm), afternoon (noon-8pm) and evening (4pm-midnight). full-time consultants are paid $14 per hour. part-time consultants can be hired to work any of the four shifts listed in the table. part-time consultants are paid $12 per hour. an additional requirement is that during every time period, there must be at least two full-time consultants on duty for every part-time consultant on duty. larry would like to determine how many full-time and part-time consultants should work each shift to meet the above requirements at the minimum possible cost. formulate this as an lp problem. you must define your variables clearly

Suppose that the firm cherryblossom has an orchard they are willing to sell today. the net annual returns to the orchard are expected to be $50,000 per year for the next 20 years. at the end of 20 years, it is expected the land will sell for $30,000. calculate the market value of the orchard if the market rate of return on comparable investments is 16%.

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