The Dominican Republic and Nicaragua both produce coffee and rum. The Dominican Republic can produce 18 thousand tons of coffee per year or 9 thousand barrels of rum. Nicaragua can produce 8 thousand tons of coffee per year or 2 thousand barrels of rum.

a. Suppose the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua sign a trade agreement in which each country would specialize in the production of either coffee or rum.

Which country should specialize in coffee? (Click to select) The Dominican Republic Nicaragua

Which country should specialize in rum? (Click to select) The Dominican Republic Nicaragua

Instructions: Enter your responses as decimal numbers rounded to three decimal places.

b. The minimum price at which these countries will trade coffee is barrel of rum per ton of coffee and the maximum price is barrel of rum per ton of coffee.

Suppose that xtel currently is selling at $40 per share. you buy 500 shares using $15,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. the rate on the margin loan is 8%. a. what is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of xtel immediately changes to (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) b. if the maintenance margin is 25%, how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. how would your answer to requirement 2 would change if you had financed the initial purchase with only $10,000 of your own money? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) d. what is the rate of return on your margined position (assuming again that you invest $15,000 of your own money) if xtel is selling after one year at (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) e. continue to assume that a year has passed. how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

How does the plaintiff, mrs. wood, try to implicate the gun manufacturer ( who testifies, what do they say, what evidence is introduced)?

Garfield corporation is considering building a new plant in canada. it predicts sales at the new plant to be 50,000 units at $5.00/unit. below is a listing of estimated expenses. category total annual expenses % of annual expense that are fixed materials $50,000 10% labor $90,000 20% overhead $40,000 30% marketing/admin $20,000 50% a canadian firm was contracted to sell the product and will receive a commission of 10% of the sales price. no u.s. home office expenses will be allocated to the new facility. the contribution margin ratio for garfield corporation is