We would expect the total utility of diamonds to be <u>lower</u> than the total utility of water and the marginal utility of diamonds to be <u>higher</u> than the marginal utility of water.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The diamond-water paradox presents the puzzling predictions: while water is definitely essential to human existence because without water life can not function, the water price is relatively low. Alternatively, diamonds are actually far less essential to human life, but diamond prices are considerably higher. Thus the effectiveness obtained from water is evidently very high while the utility extracted from diamonds is considerably less.
Here total utility is the aggregate satisfaction of desires and needs gathered from the consumption of a good while marginal utility is the additional satisfaction of desires and needs received from the consumption of one additional unit of good.
Answer:
Growth rate = 7.50%
Explanation:
Given:
Return on investment = 15%
Retention ratio = [1.5 / 3] 100 = 50%
Find:
Growth rate
Computation:
Growth rate = Return on investment*Retention ratio
Growth rate = 15% x 50%
Growth rate = 7.50%
Answer:
More than $1500 price per car per month has to be dropped.
Explanation:
Given:
price per car = $20,000
car sale per month = 40
rate of increase in demand = 3
Solution:
Revenue R = Price × Quantity = P * Q
From the above given data
P = 20,000
Q = 40
R = P*Q
dQ/dt = 3
We have to find the rate at which the price is to be dropped before monthly revenue starts to drop.
R = P*Q
dR/dt = (dP/dt)Q + P(dQ/dt)
= (dP/dt) 40 + 20,000*3 < 0
= (dP/dt) 40 < 60,000
= dP/dt < 60000/40
= dP/dt < 1,500
Hence the price has to be dropped more than $1,500 before monthly revenue starts to drop.
Answer:
B. real-options perspective.
Explanation:
Based on the scenario being described within the question it can be said that this approach to strategic alliance is referred to as a real-options perspective. This perspective refers to the ability of an individual or company to have the freedom to choose between logical financial options in capital investments in order to try and make the best choices and decisions. Which is what Elegance Inc. did when they saw that the company they were supporting was most likely to fail due to their unforeseen problem.
Revenue: $500,000
Shoes: $250,000
Shoe boxes: $1,000
Advertising: $500
Rent: $1,000
Depreciation: $25
Knowing she has sold 5,000 pairs, assume the company wants to launch a Black Friday promotion, where she would discount her shoes by 10%. How many more shoes would she have to sell to justify this promotion?
A. 25.13% more shoes
B. 20.08% more shoes
C. None of the above, but I could calculate this with the information I am given.
D. None of the above, I cannot calculate this with the information I am given.
Answer:
Option A. 25.13% more shoes
Explanation:
Cost Benefit analysis would be useful here to acknowledge what percentage of shoe sales is required to justify the promotion.
<u>The Benefit drawn before 10% promotion proposal:</u>
Revenue: $500,000
Shoes: ($250,000)
Shoe boxes: ($1,000)
Advertising: ($500)
Rent: ($1,000)
Depreciation: ($25)
Profit $247,475
<u>The Benefit drawn before 10% promotion proposal:</u>
Revenue: $450,000
Shoes: ($250,000)
Shoe boxes: ($1,000)
Advertising: ($500)
Rent: ($1,000)
Depreciation: ($25)
Profit $197,475
Now we can calculate how much additional sales must be required to justify the promotion.
Sales Increase Required = (Initial Profit - Before Promotion) / Profit After Promotion
Sales Increase Required = ($247,475 - $197,475) / $197,475
Sales Increase Required = 25.31% which is close to option 1, hence Option 1 is correct here.
