Debts of $2800

question 84

Essay

Debts of $2800.00 due three months from now and $4600.00 due twenty-one months from now are to be settled by two equal payments due in three months and nine months from now respectively. Determine the size of the equal replacement payments if interest is 5.5% p.a. compounded quarterly.

Analyze the concept of economic profits and losses in competitive price-searcher markets and their implications for firm behavior.

Explain the role of marginal revenue and marginal cost in profit maximization for price-searching firms.

Describe the effects of entry and exit on market equilibrium and firm profitability in competitive price-searcher markets.

Identify the implications of product differentiation in competitive price-searcher markets.

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Definitions:

Summary-of-benefits Close

A sales technique that highlights the advantages or positive outcomes of a product or service, leading to a close.

Alternative-choice Close

A sales technique where the customer is given a choice between two options, both leading to a sale, making it easier for them to make a decision without feeling pressured.

Compromise Close

A sales closing technique where the seller and buyer agree on a mutually beneficial solution to overcome any remaining objections to the sale.

Vacuum-laminating Machine

Equipment used to bond layers of materials together using vacuum pressure and adhesive, commonly in manufacturing and woodworking.