Whispering Company is constructing a building. Construction began on February 1 and was completed on December 31. Expenditures were $2,028,000 on March 1, $1,308,000 on June 1, and $3,091,450 on December 31. Whispering Company borrowed $1,082,890 on March 1 on a 5-year, 13% note to help finance construction of the building. In addition, the company had outstanding all year a 10%, 5-year, $2,243,100 note payable and an 11%, 4-year, $3,364,500 note payable. Compute the weighted-average interest rate used for interest capitalization purposes. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e. g. 7.58%.)

Ardmore farm and seed has an inventory dilemma. they have been selling a brand of very popular insect spray for the past year. they have never really analyzed the costs incurred from ordering and holding the inventory and currently fave a large stock of the insecticide in the warehouse. they estimate that it costs $25 to place an order, and it costs $0.25 per gallon to hold the spray. the annual requirements total 80,000 gallons for a 365 day year. a. assuming that 10,000 gallons are ordered each time an order is placed, estimate the annual inventory costs. b. calculate the eoq. c. given the eoq calculated in part b., how many orders should be placed and what is the average inventory balance? d. if it takes seven days to receive an order from suppliers, at what inventory level should ardmore place another order?

Afirm’s production function is represented by q(m, r) = 4m 3/4r1/3, where q denotes output, m raw materials, and r robots. the firm is currently using 6 units of raw materials and 12 robots. according to the mrts, in order to maintain its output level the firm would need to give up 2 robots if it adds 9 units of raw materials. (a) true (b) false

Gary lives in an area that receives high rainfall and thunderstorms throughout the year. which device would be useful to him to maintain his computer?