What you get from a one-unit increase in an activity that you enjoy is called a. an efficient benefit b. marginal benefit c. marginal increase d. a marginal activity when you spend four hours studying comma your mark on an exam is 80 percent. and if you spend five hours studying comma your mark is 85 percent. to study for the extra hour, you give up playing cards for that hour with your friends. the marginal benefit from studying one more hour is the marginal benefit from studying is measured by a. the mark of 85 percent; the card game you must give up b. the 5 percent increase in your mark; the total time you spent studying c. the 5 percent increase in your mark; the card game you must give up d. the 5 percent increase in your mark; the card game you are willing to give up

For many years, kellogg's frosted flakes, a ready-to-eat breakfast cereal, was perceived as a cereal for children. tony the tiger, a cartoon character, extolled frosted flakes, and advertisements depicted children enjoying the product with tony in competitive situations. recently, in response to declining sales of frosted flakes, the cereal maker has adopted a new series of advertisements that show adults admitting that they enjoy frosted flakes, too. kellogg's is attempting to

Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805

Parks corporation is considering an investment proposal in which a working capital investment of $10,000 would be required. the investment would provide cash inflows of $2,000 per year for six years. the working capital would be released for use elsewhere when the project is completed. if the company's discount rate is 10%, the investment's net present value is closest to (ignore income taxes) ?