Vivian’s company is considering building a huge new department store in a small town. The community argues that the store will disrupt local commerce and harm local business owners. Vivian argues that the store will save money for customers and bring more jobs to the community. Assume both arguments are true.

David and darlene jasper have one child, sam, who is 6 years old (birthdate july 1, 2011). the jaspers reside at 4639 honeysuckle lane, los angeles, ca 90248. david's social security number is 577-11-3311, darlene's is 477-98-4731, and sam's is 589-22-1142. david's birthdate is may 29, 1984 and darlene's birthday is january 31, 1986. david and darlene's earnings and withholdings for 2017 are:

Suppose a firm faces a fixed price of output, 푝푝= 1200. the firm hires workers from a union at a daily wage, 푤푤, to produce output according to the production function 푞푞= 2퐸퐸12. there are 225 workers in the union. any union worker who does not work for this firm is guaranteed to find nonunion employment at a wage of $96 per day. a.what is the firm’s labor demand function? b.if the firm is allowed to choose 푤푤, but then the union decides how many workers to provide (up to 225) at that wage, what wage will the firm set? how many workers will the union provide? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? c.now suppose that the union sets the wage, but the firm decides how many workers to hire at that wage (up to 225). what wage will the union set to maximize the total income of all 225 workers? how many workers will the firm hire? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? [hint: to maximize total income of union, take the first order condition with respect to w and set equal to 0.]

The smelting department of kiner company has the following production and cost data for november. production: beginning work in process 3,700 units that are 100% complete as to materials and 23% complete as to conversion costs; units transferred out 10,500 units; and ending work in process 8,100 units that are 100% complete as to materials and 41% complete as to conversion costs. compute the equivalent units of production for (a) materials and (b) conversion costs for the month of november. materials conversion costs total equivalent units