Acloth manufacturing firm is deciding whether or not to invest in new machinery. the machinery costs $45,000 and is expected to increase cash flows in the first year by $25,000 and in the second year by $30,000. the firm's current fixed costs are $9,000 and current marginal costs are $15. the firm currently charges $18 per unit. if the interest rate is 5% then the present value of the cash flows is
a. 6,020.41
b. 51,020.41
c. -7380.95
d 10,000

You are the manager of the packaging department in a cookie factory. (obviously, the packaging employees cannot eat the cookies that are transferred in during the period.) after your employees insert cookies into colorful packages (step 1) for display on store shelves, the packages of cookies are then boxed using cardboard cartons (step 2) for shipment to stores. each unit of product is represented by a carton of packaged cookies. the packaging department began the period with 1,000 units of cookies. during the period, 5,000 units of cookies were transferred in from the baking department and 5,500 units of cookies were transferred out to the finished goods department. the number of units of cookies in the ending inventory of the packaging department equals:

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