Suppose You and Your Friend Have Decided to Go into a Very

question 9

Multiple Choice

Suppose you and your friend have decided to go into a very lucrative joint venture together, which would make $5,000 for both of you. Nevertheless your friend, who does not need the money as much as you, say he will not cooperate with you unless he gets at least 90% of the earnings. It will be in your advantage not to capitulate to your friend's demands as long as:

• A)you follow a self-interest goal.
• B)you cared only about the absolute distribution of the winnings.
• C)you do not follow an egoistic goal.
• D)your friend does not know anything about your goals.

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Definitions:

Fixed Costs

Expenses that do not vary with the level of output or sales, such as rent, insurance, and salaries, distinguished by their consistency.

Marginal Costs

The extra cost incurred by producing one additional unit of a product.

Indifferent

A state where an individual or group has no preference or difference in satisfaction among options, showing no bias or partiality towards any choice.

Break Even

The point at which total costs and total revenues are equal, resulting in no net loss or gain.