What is the purpose of the Montreal Protocol?


The purpose of the Montreal Protocol is to prevent pollution that harms the ozone layer. The U.S. and 23 other countries entered the treaty and agreed to reduce their production and consumption of all chemicals, in particular CFC's commonly called freon. The signatories agreed to try to conserve the ozone layer that protects the earth from the sun's harmful rays by decreasing the use of CFC's worldwide.

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Boylan can manufacture six toaster ovens per machine hour and four bread machines per machine hour. Boylan's production capacity is 1600 machine hours per month. Marketing limitations indicate that Boylan can sell a maximum of 6000 toasters and 4100 bread machines per month. Which product and how many units should the company produce in a month to maximize profits? (Round machine hour per unit to two decimal places and your final answer to the nearest whole dollar.)

Boylan Company manufactures two products—toaster ovens and bread machines. The following data are available:



A) 6400 bread machines
B) 3450 toaster ovens and 4100 bread machines
C) 6000 toaster ovens and 2400 bread machines
D) 9600 toaster ovens

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San Juan Minerals (SJM) has two service departments and two operating departments. Operating data for these departments for last year are as follows:  Service DepartmentsOperating Departments MaintenanceCafeteriaMiningProcessingDepartmental costs$48,000$45,000$70,000$130,000Machine hours 2,000 1,000 11,000 9,000Number of employees 40 30 400 360 Costs of the Maintenance Department are allocated on the basis of machine hours. Cafeteria costs are allocated on the basis of number of employees. SJM does not distinguish between variable and fixed overhead costs. Assuming that SJM allocates service department costs using the direct method, the total cost allocated from Cafeteria to Mining would be closest to:

A. $22,500 B. $21,687 C. $15,750 D. $23,684

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____ set their own goals and inspect their own work, often hire their own replacements and prepare their own budgets

a) Virtual teams b) Enlarged teams c) Socio-technical teams d) Self-managed teams

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The following are the expected one-year T-bill rates for the next four years: 2%, 3%, 4%, and 5%. According to the basic model of the expectations hypothesis, what would you expect the rate for four-year securities to be?

A) 4.5% B) 4.25% C) 3% D) 3.5%

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