Premier steel, inc. is considering the purchase of a new machine for $100,000 that has a useful life of 3 years. the firm’s cost of capital is 11.0% and the tax rate is 40%. this machine will be sold for its salvage value of $20,000 at the end of 3-years. the machine will require an investment of $2,500 in spare parts inventory upon installation. the machine will cost $8,000 to ship and $4,000 to install and modify it. sales are as follows: year 1 = $90,000; year 2 = $97,500; year 3 = $105,000. operating expenses are year 1 = $25,000; year 2 = $27,000; year 3 = $29,000. the investment in working capital will be liquidated at termination of the project at the end of year 3. macrs rates 33% 45% 15% 7% using macrs, what is the operating cash flow in year 1?

Needs to schedule the staffing of the center. it is open from 8am until midnight. larry has monitored the usage of the center at various times of the day and determined that the following number of computer consultants are required: time of dayminimum number of consultants required to be on duty8 am-noon4noon-4 pm84pm-8pm108pm-midnight6 two types of computer consultants can be hired: full-time and part-time. the full- time consultants work for eight consecutive hours in any of the shifts: morning (8am- 4pm), afternoon (noon-8pm) and evening (4pm-midnight). full-time consultants are paid $14 per hour. part-time consultants can be hired to work any of the four shifts listed in the table. part-time consultants are paid $12 per hour. an additional requirement is that during every time period, there must be at least two full-time consultants on duty for every part-time consultant on duty. larry would like to determine how many full-time and part-time consultants should work each shift to meet the above requirements at the minimum possible cost. formulate this as an lp problem. you must define your variables clearly

The state in which the manufacturing company you work for is located regulates the presence of a particular substance in the environment to concentrations ≤ x. recently-released, reliable research endorsed by the responsible federal agency conclusively demonstrates that the substance poses no risks at concentrations up to 5x. your company has asked you to consider designing a new process with a waste discharge stream containing up to 2x of the substance. based on the stated conditions, describe this possible.

Stosch company's balance sheet reported assets of $112,000, liabilities of $29,000 and common stock of $26,000 as of december 31, year 1. if retained earnings on the balance sheet as of december 31, year 2, amount to $74,000 and stosch paid a $28,000 dividend during year 2, then the amount of net income for year 2 was which of the following? a)$23,000 b) $35,000 c) $12,000 d)$42,000