Robert gillman, an equity research analyst at gillman advisors, believes in efficient markets. he has been following the mining industry for the past 10 years and needs to determine the constant growth rate that he should use while valuing pan asia mining co. robert has the following information available: o pan asia mining co.’s stock (ticker: pamc) is trading at $22.50.o the company has forecasted net income and book value of equity for the coming year to be $1,420,200 and $11,115,000, respectively. o the company has also been paying dividends for the past eight years and has maintained a dividend payout ratio of 45.0%. a) based on this information, robert’s forecast of pamc’s growth rate in earnings and dividends should be: a. 7.03% b. 31.95% c. 28.75% d. 8.62%

Captain john's yachts, inc., located in fort lauderdale, florida, rents three types of ocean-going boats: sailboats, cabin cruisers, and captain john's favorite, the luxury yachts. captain john advertises his boats with his famous "you rent"we pilot" slogan, which means that the company supplies the captain and crew for each rented boat. each rented boat has one captain, of course, but the crew sizes (deck hands, galley hands, etc.) differ. the crew requirements, in addition to a captain, are one for sailboats, two for cabin cruisers, and three for yachts. ten employees are captains, and an additional 18 employees fill the various crew positions. currently, captain john has rental requests for all his boats: four sailboats, eight cabin cruisers, and three luxury yachts. if captain john's daily profit contribution is $50 for sailboats, $70 for cruisers, and $100 for luxury yachts, how many boats of each type should he rent?

)a business incurs the following costs per unit: labor $125/unit, materials $45/unit, and rent $250,000/month. if the firm produces 1,000,000 units a month, calculate the following: a. total variable costs b. total fixed costs c. total costs

Utilization will always be lower than efficiency because: a. effective capacity is greater than design capacityb. expected output is less than actual output. c. effective capacity equals design capacity. d. effective capacity is less than design capacity. e. expected output is less than rated capacity.