ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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ISBN: 9780190931919
Author: NEWNAN
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Jake is planning to expand his economic consulting services for the next month. He can do this by employing more economic
consultants to run regressions and by renting a software that performs regressions. If he adds another employee to his firm, he will
be able to serve 5 more clients in a month. If he rents the software he will serve an additional 10 clients a month. The going
monthly salary for an economic consultant is $5,000. The software can be rented for $12,000 a month.
What should Jake do lower his costs?
Select an answer and submit. For keyboard navigation, use the up/down arrow keys to select an answer.
a
He should hire another employee.
b
He should rent the software and also hire an employee.
с
He should rent the software
d
Cannot say.
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Transcribed Image Text:Jake is planning to expand his economic consulting services for the next month. He can do this by employing more economic consultants to run regressions and by renting a software that performs regressions. If he adds another employee to his firm, he will be able to serve 5 more clients in a month. If he rents the software he will serve an additional 10 clients a month. The going monthly salary for an economic consultant is $5,000. The software can be rented for $12,000 a month. What should Jake do lower his costs? Select an answer and submit. For keyboard navigation, use the up/down arrow keys to select an answer. a He should hire another employee. b He should rent the software and also hire an employee. с He should rent the software d Cannot say.
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