Birch Manufacturers has provided the following information regarding the two products that it sells: Jet Boats Ski Boats Sales price per unit $ 10 comma 000 $ 20 comma 000 Variable cost per unit $ 4 comma 800 $ 14 comma 000 Annual fixed costs are $ 300 comma 000. How many units must be sold in order for Birch to break even, assuming that Birch sells five jet boats for every two ski boats sold? (Round any intermediate calculations to two decimal places, and your final answer to the nearest unit.) A. 39 jet boats and 16 ski boats B. 16 jet boats and 39 ski boats C. 8 jet boats and 7 ski boats D. 7 jet boats and 8 ski boats

6. why the aggregate supply curve slopes upward in the short run in the short run, the quantity of output that firms supply can deviate from the natural level of output if the actual price level in the economy deviates from the expected price level. several theories explain how this might happen. for example, the misperceptions theory asserts that changes in the price level can temporarily mislead firms about what is happening to their output prices. consider a soybean farmer who expects a price level of 100 in the coming year. if the actual price level turns out to be 90, soybean prices will , and if the farmer mistakenly assumes that the price of soybeans declined relative to other prices of goods and services, she will respond by the quantity of soybeans supplied. if other producers in this economy mistake changes in the price level for changes in their relative prices, the unexpected decrease in the price level causes the quantity of output supplied to the natural level of output in the short run.