People do not like things "out of sync," so when their sense of balance is disrupted by the need to change it is natural for them to engage in avoidance behavior. a.trueb. false

Recently, verizon wireless ran a pricing trial in order to estimate the elasticity of demand for its services. the manager selected three states that were representative of its entire service area and increased prices by 5 percent to customers in those areas. one week later, the number of customers enrolled in verizon's cellular plans declined 4 percent in those states, while enrollments in states where prices were not increased remained flat. the manager used this information to estimate the own-price elasticity of demand and, based on her findings, immediately increased prices in all market areas by 5 percent in an attempt to boost the company's 2016 annual revenues. one year later, the manager was perplexed because verizon's 2016 annual revenues were 10 percent lower than those in 2015"the price increase apparently led to a reduction in the company's revenues. did the manager make an error? yes - the one-week measures show demand is inelastic, so a price increase will decrease revenues. yes - the one-week measures show demand is elastic, so a price increase will reduce revenues. yes - cell phone elasticity is likely much larger in the long-run than the short-run. no - the cell phone market must have changed between 2011 and 2012 for this price increase to lower revenues.

Jose recently died with a probate estate of $900,000. he was predeceased by his wife, guadalupe, and his daughter, lucy. he has two surviving children, pete and fred. jose was also survived by eight grandchildren, pete’s three children, naomi, daniel, nick; fred’s three children, heather, chris and steve; and lucy’s two children, david and rachel. jose’s will states the following “i leave everything to my three children. if any of my children shall predecease me then i leave their share to their heirs, per stirpes.” which of the following statements is correct? (a) under jose’s will rachel will receive $150,000. (b) under jose’s will chris will receive $150,000. (c) under jose’s will nick will receive $100,000. (d) under jose’s will pete will receive $200,000.

Computing equivalent units is especially important for: (a) goods that take a relatively short time to produce, such as plastic bottles. (b) goods with sustainability implications in their production processes. (c) goods that are started and completed during the same period. (d) goods that take a long time to produce, such as airplanes.