In Cleveland, Clive sells 15 cloves at a price of $5 each. If Clive lowers his price by 10%, to $4.50 per clove, he will sell 16, or 6.67% more. In Dallas, Delores sells 15 cloves for $5 each. If Delores lowers her price by 2%, to $4.90, she will sell 16 cloves, or 6.67% more. Please state all price elasticities of demand as absolute values. Round answers to two places after the decimal when necessary.

Should the government be downsized? which functions should be cut back? which ones should be expanded?

You manage an equity fund with an expected risk premium of 10% and a standard deviation of 14%. the rate on treasury bills is 6%. your client chooses to invest $60,000 of her portfolio in your equity fund and $40,000 in a t-bill money market fund. what is the expected return and standard deviation of return on your client’s portfolio?

An important application of regression analysis in accounting is in the estimation of cost. by collecting data on volume and cost and using the least squares method to develop an estimated regression equation relating volume and cost, an accountant can estimate the cost associated with a particular manufacturing volume. consider the following sample of production volumes and total cost data for a manufacturing operation. production volume (units) total cost ($) 400 4000 450 5000 550 5400 600 5900 700 6400 750 7000 compute b 1 and b 0 (to 2 decimals if necessary). b 1 b 0 complete the estimated regression equation (to 2 decimals if necessary). = + x what is the variable cost per unit produced (to 1 decimal)? $ compute the coefficient of determination (to 4 decimals). note: report r 2 between 0 and 1. r 2 = what percentage of the variation in total cost can be explained by the production volume (to 2 decimals)? % the company's production schedule shows 500 units must be produced next month. what is the estimated total cost for this operation (to 2 decimals)? $