Select the correct answer. Read this excerpt from a college entrance essay:
I started a small landscaping business last summer so I could help pay for my hockey uniform and the program fees. Landscaping is hard work,
especially on hot summer days. But I enjoyed being outside and I liked earning some extra money. By the end of the summer, I doubled the
number of my clients, and I paid for new skates. So through this small venture, I glimpsed the rewards that come with being an entrepreneur
What conclusion does the writer make in this paragraph?
A Mowing lawns can be hard work, but it's worth the money earned,
OB. The experience helped the writer learn the benefits of starting a business,
OC. The writer was able to double his or her client base through hard work

Arival company manufactures fuel tanks for cars using a different production technique. the total weekly cost (in dollars) of producing x tanks is given by c(x) = 10000 +90x - 0.04x2 find the marginal cost at a production level of 500 fuel tanks per week to approximate the cost of the 501st unit (round to the nearest 2 decimal places, if needed)

Which of the following statements is correct? a. two firms with identical sales and operating costs but with different amounts of debt and tax rates will have different operating incomes by definition. b. free cash flow (fcf) is, essentially, the cash flow that is available for interest and dividends after the company has made the investments in current and fixed assets that are necessary to sustain ongoing operations. c. retained earnings as reported on the balance sheet represent cash and, therefore, are available to distribute to stockholders as dividends or any other required cash payments to creditors and suppliers. d. if a firm is reporting its income in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, then its net income as reported on the income statement should be equal to its free cash flow. e. after-tax operating income is calculated as ebit(1 - t) + depreciation.

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.