Questions from Managerial Economics


Q: A manufacturer of computer workstations gathered average monthly sales figures from its

A manufacturer of computer workstations gathered average monthly sales figures from its 56 branch offices and dealerships across the country and estimated the following demand for its product: Q = +15...

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Q: You are given the following demand for European luxury automobiles:

You are given the following demand for European luxury automobiles: Q 5 1,000P 20.93PA0.75PJ1.2I 1.6 where P 5 Price of European luxury cars PA 5 Price of American luxury cars PJ 5 Price of Japanese l...

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Q: The following relations describe monthly demand and supply for a computer support

The following relations describe monthly demand and supply for a computer support service catering to small businesses. QD = 3,000 - 10P QS = -1,000 + 10P where Q is the number of businesses that need...

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Q: The sales data for the Lone star Sports Apparel Company for the

The sales data for the Lone star Sports Apparel Company for the last 12 years are as follows: a. What is the 2001–2012 compound growth rate? b. Using the result obtained in part a,...

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Q: The sales data over the last 10 years for the Acme Hardware

The sales data over the last 10 years for the Acme Hardware Store are as follows: a. Calculate the compound growth rate for the period of 2003 to 2012. b. Based on your answer to part a, forecast sa...

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Q: The Miracle Corporation had the following sales during the past 10 years

The Miracle Corporation had the following sales during the past 10 years (in thousands of dollars): a. Calculate a trend line, and forecast sales for 2013. How confident are you of this forecast? b....

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Q: You have the following data for the last 12 months’ sales for

You have the following data for the last 12 months’ sales for the PRQ Corporation (in thousands of dollars): a. Calculate a 3-month centered moving average. b. Use this moving aver...

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Q: Office Enterprises (OE) produces a line of metal office file

Office Enterprises (OE) produces a line of metal office file cabinets. The company’s economist, having investigated a large number of past data, has established the following equation of demand for th...

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Q: An economist has estimated the sales trend line for the Sun Belt

An economist has estimated the sales trend line for the Sun Belt Toy Company as follows: St = 43.6 + 0.8t St represents Sun Belt’s monthly sales (in millions of dollars), and t = 1 i...

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Q: The MNO Corporation is preparing for its stockholder meeting on May 15

The MNO Corporation is preparing for its stockholder meeting on May 15, 2013. It sent out proxies to its stockholders on March 15 and asked stockholders who plan to attend the meeting to respond. To p...

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