Answer:
The correct answer is a) economies of scale
Explanation:
Economies of scale are when a company increases the production or associate with other company, to obtain a better price to reduce the cost of production. This happens because costs are spread over a larger number of goods.
Example:
Company A, require apples to produce his final product. And the provider has a price for each apple, however, if you buy more than 100, he gives you a discount of 5%. Company A can´t afraid this, because it just needs 50 apples per production.
The solution for the company is trying to expand the market, become efficient, to duplicate his production and obtain the discount. Or associate with Company B that needs 50 apples too, to obtain the discount and reduce his cost. (1 big purchase is better than 2 small purchases)
Answer:
Objective function:
Maximize Z: 30P1 + 25P2 + 28P3
Subject to: 2.00P1 + 1.50P2 + 3.00P3 ≤ 450 (Department A constraint)
2.50P1 + 2.00P2 + P3 ≤ 350 (Department B constraint)
0.25P1 + 0.25P2 + 0.25P3 ≤ 50 (Department C constraint)
P1, P2, P3 ≥ 0 (Non-negativity)
Explanation:
The objective function is formulated from the contribution margin of the three products. For instance, the contribution of Product 1 is $30, the contribution of Product 2 is $25 and the contribution of Product 3 is $28. Thus, the objective function will be 30P1 + 25P2 + 28P3.
The constraints were obtained from the departmental labour hours requirements for each product. For instance, Product 1 requires 2 hours in department A, Product 2 requires 1.50 hours in department A and Product 3 requires 3 hours in Department A. Thus, the constraint will be 2.00P1 + 1.50P2 + 3.00P3.
Answer:
(a) 3 pounds of shrimp
(b) 5 pounds of shrimp
Explanation:
Opportunity costs refers to the costs or benefits that are foregone to select some other alternative.
Vietnam can produce 180,000 pounds of shrimp or 60,000 pounds of rice in a year:
Opportunity cost of producing one pound of rice = 180,000 ÷ 60,000
= 3 pounds of shrimp
Ecuador can produce 130,000 pounds of shrimp or 26,000 pounds of rice in a year:
Opportunity cost of producing one pound of rice = 130,000 ÷ 26,000
= 5 pounds of shrimp
Therefore,
According to the principle of comparative advantage, the Vietnam has a comparative advantage in producing rice because it has a opportunity cost of producing rice than Ecuador.
