U. S. companies lose $63.2 billion per year from workers with insomnia. Workers lose an average of 7.8 days of productivity per year due to lack of sleep. The following data show the number of hours of sleep attained during a recent night for a sample of 20 workers. 7 6 13 6 7 10 12 6 11 6 11 8 11 7 12 9 12 7 12 9 (a) What is the mean number of hours of sleep for this sample

Which of the following is an example of search costs? a.) driving to a faraway place to find available goods b.) buying goods in some special way that is outside the normal channels c.) paying a premium cost for goods d.) selling extra goods for a discount price

Robert black, regional manager for ford in texas and oklahoma, faced a dilemma. the ford f-150 pickup truck was the best-selling pickup ever, yet ford's headquarters in detroit had decided to introduce a completely redesigned f-150. how could mr. black sell both trucks at the same time? he still had "old" f-150s in stock. in his advertising, mr. black referred to the new f-150s as follows: "not a better f-150. just the only truck good enough to be the next f-150." this statement represents ford's of the new f-150.

Paying attention to the purpose of her speech, which questions can she eliminate? a. 1 and 2 b. 3 c. 2 and 4 d. 1-4