Questions from General Business Management


Q: Jerry Smith is thinking about opening a bicycle shop in his hometown

Jerry Smith is thinking about opening a bicycle shop in his hometown. Jerry loves to take his own bike on 50-mile trips with his friends, but he believes that any small business should be started only...

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Q: The Webster Manufacturing Company produces a popular type of serving cart.

The Webster Manufacturing Company produces a popular type of serving cart. This product, the SL72, is made from the following parts: 1 unit of part A, 1 unit of part B, and 1 unit of subassembly C. Ea...

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Q: A card is drawn from a standard deck of playing cards.

A card is drawn from a standard deck of playing cards. For each of the following pairs of events, indicate if the events are mutually exclusive, and indicate if the events are exhaustive. (a) Draw a...

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Q: Gina Fox has started her own company, Foxy Shirts, which

Gina Fox has started her own company, Foxy Shirts, which manufactures imprinted shirts for special occasions. Since she has just begun this operation, she rents the equipment from a local printing sho...

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Q: Ray Bond sells handcrafted yard decorations at county fairs. The variable

Ray Bond sells handcrafted yard decorations at county fairs. The variable cost to make these is $20 each, and he sells them for $50. The cost to rent a booth at the fair is $150. How many of these mus...

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Q: Ray Bond, from Problem 1-16, is trying to

Ray Bond, from Problem 1-16, is trying to find a new supplier that will reduce his variable cost of production to $15 per unit. If he was able to succeed in reducing this cost, what would the break-ev...

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Q: Alabama Airlines opened its doors in June 1995 as a commuter service

Alabama Airlines opened its doors in June 1995 as a commuter service with its headquarters and only hub located in Birmingham. A product of airline deregulation, Alabama Air joined the growing number...

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Q: What is crashing, and how is it done by hand?

What is crashing, and how is it done by hand?

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Q: Juhn and Sons Wholesale Fruit Distributors employs one worker whose job is

Juhn and Sons Wholesale Fruit Distributors employs one worker whose job is to load fruit on outgoing company trucks. Trucks arrive at the loading gate at an average of 24 per day, or 3 per hour, accor...

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Q: Juhn believes that adding a second fruit loader will substantially improve the

Juhn believes that adding a second fruit loader will substantially improve the firm’s efficiency. He estimates that a two-person crew, still acting like a single-server system, at the loading gate wil...

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