Answer the Following Questions Using the Information Below

question 133

Multiple Choice

Answer the following questions using the information below:
The Carpentaria Corporation currently uses a manufacturing facility costing $550 000 per year;80% of the facility's capacity is currently being used.A start-up business has proposed a plan that would utilise the other 20% of the facility and increase the overall costs of maintaining the space by 5%.
-If the stand-alone method were used,what amount of cost would be allocated to the start-up business?

• A)$440 000
• B)$20 000
• C)$80 000
• D)$115 500

Apply the concept of utility maximization to allocate resources effectively between different choices.

Evaluate comparative advantage and how it determines production specialization between individuals or entities.

Understand the relationship between production possibilities and Pareto optimality in resource allocation.

Interpret how marginal rates of substitution influence consumer choices and the allocation of resources.

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