Both Phoebe and Connor are trying to maximize their lifetime income. Each has a different plan on how to do this best: Phoebe claims that she wants a career with no college or trade school requirements because she could save the money for retirement rather than spending it on education. She estimates her average yearly salary at $35,000 per year with no post-secondary education requirements. Connor claims post-secondary education will help him get a career with a higher salary and more benefits that he can use in retirement, so the education costs will more than pay for themselves. Connor estimates paying $80,000 for his post-secondary education and an average yearly salary of $60,000 per year after he earns his college degree. Which statement about their claims is correct?

Suppose that each firm in a competitive industry has the following costs: total cost: tc=50+12q2tc=50+12q2 marginal cost: mc=qmc=q where qq is an individual firm's quantity produced. the market demand curve for this product is: demand qd=160−4pqd=160−4p where pp is the price and qq is the total quantity of the good. each firm's fixed cost is.

How supply and demand work together to reach the equilibrium price in the marketplace? give at least a paragraph. you!

Nichols inc. manufactures remote controls. currently the company uses a plantminuswide rate for allocating manufacturing overhead. the plant manager is considering switchingminusover to abc costing system and has asked the accounting department to identify the primary production activities and their cost drivers which are as follows: activities cost driver allocation rate material handling number of parts $5 per part assembly labor hours $20 per hour inspection time at inspection station $10 per minute the current traditional cost method allocates overhead based on direct manufacturing labor hours using a rate of $20 per labor hour. what are the indirect manufacturing costs per remote control assuming an method is used and a batch of 10 remote controls are produced? the batch requires 100 parts, 5 direct manufacturing labor hours, and 3 minutes of inspection time.