Jessica is investing in a capital equipment for her printing press. She wants to know how long it will take for her investment to be returned in the form of savings. The new equipment costs $600,000, and the maintenance costs of the new equipment will save her $120,000 per year. The payback period is . 1. 5 years2. 6 years3. 7 years4. 8 years

Adamson company manufactures four lines of garden tools. as a result of an activity analysis, the accounting department has identified eight activity cost pools. each of the product lines is produced in large batches, with the whole plant devoted to one product at a time. classify each of the following activities or costs as either unit-level, batch-level, product-level, or facility-level. activities (a) machining parts. (b) product design. (c) plant maintenance. (d) machine setup. (e) assembling parts. (f) purchasing raw materials. (g) property taxes. (h) painting.