Acompany purchased a rope-braiding machine for $190,000. the machine has a useful life of eight years and a residual value of $10,000. it is estimated that the machine could produce 750,000 units of climbing rope over its useful life. in the first year, 105,000 units were produced. in the second year, production increased to 109,000 units. using the units-of-production method, what is the amount of depreciation that should be recorded for the second year?

In each of the following, what happens to the unemployment rate? does the unemployment rate give an accurate impression of what’s happening in the labor market? a. esther lost her job and begins looking for a new one. b.sam, a steelworker who has been out of work since his mill closed last year, becomes discouraged and gives up looking for work. c.dan, the sole earner in his family of 5, just lost his $90,000 job as a research scientist. immediately, he takes a part-time job at starbucks until he can find another job in his field.

Summarize the specific methods used by interest groups in order to influence governmental decisions making in all three branches of government. provide at least two examples from each branch.

Ashop owner uses a reorder point approach to restocking a certain raw material. lead time is six days. usage of the material during lead time is normally distributed with a mean of 42 pounds and a standard deviation of four pounds. when should the raw material be reordered if the acceptable risk of a stockout is 3 percent?