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Classifiers are handshapes that provide additional descriptive detail in ASL.

What are the five parameters of ASL signs?

If I do not complete my work, I will be counted absent for the week. 

Foreshadowing is a literary device in which authors hint at plot developments that don’t actually occur until later in the story.  All of the following are examples of foreshadowing in “The Veldt” EXCEPT…

Course Resources: How many textbooks are required for this course? 

Policies and Important Documents: When is Mrs. Salem available for individual conferences?

Course Resources:  Where do you find the registration code for the electronic version of the literature book?

Answer the question on the basis of the accompanying demand schedule.   Price Quantity Demanded $ 7 1 6 2 5 3 4 4 3 5   The marginal revenue obtained from selling the third unit of output is

OPEC,  the organization of petroleum exporting countries,  opted to keep its output unchanged,  expressing confidence in the market despite global supply strains that kept prices high.    OPEC kept its production at 30 million barrels per day.  A.  Explain how OPEC is acting like a single firm monopoly B.  Suppose Saudi Arabia,  “cheated” on its agreement and decided to  increase its production.  Why would Saudi Arabia choose to do this?  Explain using your understanding of revenue, costs and profits for a oligopoly firm. C.  Explain, using demand and supply analysis what happens in the overall market for oil after Saudi Arabia’s action.  (Note: you don’t have to submit a graph (but you can).  However, you must clearly explain your shifts, direction and what happens to price and quantity as a result.)

  Total Output Price Marginal Revenue Average Total Cost Marginal Cost 1 $ 100 $ 100 $ 100.00 $ 30 2 90 80 63.00 26 3 80 60 52.67 32 4 70 40 49.50 40 5 60 20 49.60 50 6 50 0 50.00 52 7 40 −20 52.29 66 8 30 −40 55.75 80 9 20 −60 60.67 100 10 10 −80 67.60 130   Refer to the data above for a nondiscriminating monopolist.  a)  What level of output should the monopolist produce at to maximize profit?  How do you know? b)  Is this monopolist earning profit?  How do you know? c)  Name an industry that the above table could apply to?  What could be the source of this firm’s monopoly power?