Units of Product Marginal Utility, X (Price = $1) Marginal Utility, Y (Price = $1) Marginal Utility, New Product, Z (Price = $1)
First 12 16 20
Second 10 14 18
Third 8 12 16
Fourth 6 10 14
Fifth 4 8 12
Sixth 2 6 10
Seventh 0 4 8

Refer to the data for a consumer whose income = $12. Suppose the price of new product Z is $10 rather than $1. This consumer would purchase

A. none of Z.

B. some of Z but not as much as if the price were $1.

C. more of X, Y, and Z than if the price were $1.

D. less of X, Y, and Z than if the price were $1.

All else being equal, which is true about a firm with high operating leverage relative to a firm with low operating leverage? select one: a. a higher percentage of the high operating leverage firm's costs are fixed. b. the high operating leverage firm is exposed to less risk. c. the debt payments limit the high operating leverage firm's opportunities to turn a big profit. d. the high operating leverage firm has more debt.

Tl & co. is following a related-linked diversification strategy, and soar inc. is following a related-constrained diversification strategy. how do the two firms differ from each other? a. soar inc. generates 70 percent of its revenues from its primary business, while tl & co. generates only 10 percent of its revenues from its primary business. b. soar inc. pursues a backward diversification strategy, while tl & co. pursues a forward diversification strategy. c. tl & co. will share fewer common competencies and resources between its various businesses when compared to soar inc. d. tl & co. pursues a differentiation strategy, and soar inc. pursues a cost-leadership strategy, to gain a competitive advantage.

Owns a machine that can produce two specialized products. production time for product tlx is two units per hour and for product mtv is four units per hour. the machine’s capacity is 2,100 hours per year. both products are sold to a single customer who has agreed to buy all of the company’s output up to a maximum of 3,570 units of product tlx and 1,610 units of product mtv. selling prices and variable costs per unit to produce the products follow. product tlx product mtv selling price per unit $ 11.50 $ 6.90 variable costs per unit 3.45 4.14 determine the company's most profitable sales mix and the contribution margin that results from that sales mix.