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Refer to the provided production possibilities curves. Curve (a) is the initial curve for the economy, and the nation is initially producing combination P. A shift from curve (a) to curve (b) suggests that the economy can then increase its production of capital goods

Given the cashflows below from years 0-4, the discounted payback period is less than 3.6 years. Assume a discount rate of 18%.   Year 0 1 2 3 4 Cashflow -800 200 200 400 900

If we say that two variables are inversely related, this means that

The coordinates of the center of mass measured from the origin (shown on the figure) are nearly

A 3-story office building is to be designed and constructed in downtown San Francisco (where the short period spectral acceleration, Ss, is 1.5g and spectral response acceleration at one second, S1, is 0.6g).  The building will reside on a dense soil with soft rock (Site Class C).  Long period is 12 sec.  The structural system consists of special concentrically braced frames (SCBF) – see the following figure.  The dead loads are 70 psf at the roof and 100 psf at the floor levels.  At each floor level, the partition load is 20 psf (note that no partition load exists at the roof).  Do not factor these loads and ignore live loads when calculating the floor weights.  Seismic importance factor is 1.0.   Seismic design category is

Assume seismic response coefficient is 0.30.  The seismic base shear is nearly

Given the cashflows below from years 0-4, the discounted payback period is greater than 3.6 years. Assume a discount rate of 18%.   Year 0 1 2 3 4 Cashflow -800 200 200 400 900  

Answer the question using the following data, which show all available techniques for producing 20 units of a particular commodity. Resource Resource prices Possible Production Techniques #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 Land $ 4 2 4 2 4 4 Labor 3 1 2 4 1 3 Capital 3 5 2 3 1 2 Entrepreneurial Ability 2 3 1 1 4 1 Assuming the firm is motivated by self-interest and that the 20 units that can be produced with each technique can be sold for $2 per unit, the firm will

The production possibilities curve is a graph of

Projects A and B both require an investment of $500 and generate the following cashflows in years 1-3.                   1                 2                  3 Project A             $600             $600                $600 Project B             $200              $500             $1,300   When comparing these two projects we say that they have a time-disparity.