Manufacturas monarca uses an automated packaging system in their finishing area. the packaging system costs $400,000. its market value will be $350,000 at the end of the first year and will drop 10% per year thereafter to a minimum of $33,000. operating costs are $5,000 the first year, increasing by 9% each year thereafter, maintenance costs are a gradient series of $2,500. marr is 10%. determine the optimum replacement interval.3

An attorney came to work on a saturday. when he signed in, he was advised by the morning security guard employed by the building management that he must be out of the building by 5 p. m., when it closes. however, he stayed past 5 p. m. to complete a brief that had to be filed on monday morning. at 5: 15 p. m., the afternoon security guard set the locks on all the doors of the building and left. because she was in a hurry, she did not check the sign-in sheet to make sure that everyone had signed out, contrary to mandatory procedures. when the attorney tried to exit 15 minutes later, he discovered that the doors were all locked and could not be opened from the inside. he used his cell phone to call for , and a supervisor from the building arrived and let him out shortly thereafter. if the attorney sues the building management for false imprisonment, is he likely to win?