A Manager in Charge of New Product Development Can Hire

question 101

Multiple Choice

A manager in charge of new product development can hire engineers and market researchers. The annual salary of an engineer is $40,000 while a market researcher receives $20,000. The marginal contribution of engineers and market researchers are:

$\begin{array}{cccc}\text { Engineers }(E) &&\text { Market Researchers }(R) \\& \text { Additional } & & \text { Additional } \\\text { Worker } & \text { NewProducts } & \text { Worker } & \text { NewProducts } \\\hline1^{\text {st }} & 240 & 1^{\text {st }} & 80 \\2^{\text {nd }} & 200 & 2^{\text {nd }} & 70 \\3^{\text {rd }} & 160 & 3^{\text {rd }} & 60 \\4^{\text {th }} & 100 & 4^{\text {th }} & 50 \\5^{\text {th }} & 40 & 5^{\text {th }} & 40\end{array}$
-How should a manager with an annual budget of $140,000, allocate this budget in order to maximize the number of new products developed?

• A) Hire one engineer and five market researchers
• B) Hire two engineers and three market researchers
• C) Hire three engineers and one market researcher
• D) Hire four engineers and four market researchers

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Definitions:

Radius

A bone in the forearm on the lateral side (thumb side), which runs parallel to the ulna and is involved in forearm rotation.

Pectoral Girdle

The skeletal framework in the upper torso that provides attachment for the arms and includes the clavicles and scapulae.

Axial Skeleton

The part of the skeleton that includes the skull, vertebral column, ribs, and sternum.

Trochlear Notch

is a deep, curved notch at the proximal end of the ulna, articulating with the trochlea of the humerus in the elbow joint.