Nicki johnson, a sophomore mechanical engineering student, receives a call from an insurance agent, who believes that nicki is an older woman ready to retire from teaching. he talks to her about several annuities that she could buy that would guarantee her an annual fixed income. the annuities are as follows in the popup window: loading... . if nicki could earn 1111 percent on her money by placing it in a savings account, should she place it instead in any of the annuities? which ones, if any? why?

Consider the local telephone company, a natural monopoly. the following graph shows the monthly demand curve for phone services and the company’s marginal revenue (mr), marginal cost (mc), and average total cost (atc) curves. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 price (dollars per subscription) quantity (thousands of subscriptions) d mr mc atc 8, 60 suppose that the government has decided not to regulate this industry, and the firm is free to maximize profits, without constraints. complete the first row of the following table. pricing mechanism short run long-run decision quantity price profit (subscriptions) (dollars per subscription) profit maximization marginal-cost pricing average-cost pricing suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to marginal cost. complete the second row of the previous table. suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to average total cost. complete the third row of the previous table. under average-cost pricing, the government will raise the price of output whenever a firm’s costs increase, and lower the price whenever a firm’s costs decrease. over time, under the average-cost pricing policy, what will the local telephone company most likely do

Nthis economy, community members typically use simple tools to plant and harvest crops. food supplies are supplemented by hunting animals and gathering plant materials. members trade with each other to obtain needed goods, as few people hold currency. little economic growth occurs. what type of economy is being described?

During his last performance review, franco's boss urged him to set some short-term and long-term sales goals to him perform better at work. which workplace skill does franco's boss want him to improve?