You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. the techron i costs $243,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $64,000 per year. the techron ii costs $425,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $37,000 per year. for both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project’s life and assume a salvage value of $41,000. if your tax rate is 35 percent and your discount rate is 9 percent, compute the eac for both machines. (a negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.)

1. the political environment in india has proven to be critical to company performance for both pepsico and coca-cola india. what specific aspects of the political environment have played key roles? could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? if not, could developments in the political arena have been handled better by each company? 2. timing of entry into the indian market brought different results for pepsico and coca-cola india. what benefits or disadvantages accrued as a result of earlier or later market entry? 3. the indian market is enormous in terms of population and geography. how have the two companies responded to the sheer scale of operations in india in terms of product policies, promotional activities, pricing policies, and distribution arrangements? 4. “global localization” (glocalization) is a policy that both companies have implemented successfully. give examples for each company from the case.

Zeta corporation is a manufacturer of sports caps, which require soft fabric. the standards for each cap allow 2.00 yards of soft fabric, at a cost of $2.00 per yard. during the month of january, the company purchased 25,000 yards of soft fabric at $2.10 per yard, to produce 12,000 caps. what is zeta corporation's materials price variance for the month of january?

Which of the following is not a factor to consider when deciding whether to accept a special order? whether this order will hurt the brand name of the company whether other potential orders would be more profitable whether additional fixed costs would need to be incurred whether the offered price is sufficient to cover prime costs and fixed overhead allocated all of the above