The management of Ro Corporation is investigating automating a process. Old equipment, with a current salvage value of $12,000, would be replaced by a new machine. The new machine would be purchased for $402,000 and would have a 6 year useful life and no salvage value. By automating the process, the company would save $139,000 per year in cash operating costs. The simple rate of return on the investment is closest to (Ignore income taxes.):

Multiple Choice

18.5%

16.7%

34.6%

17.9%

Given the following information about the closed economy of brittania, what is the level of investment spending and private savings, and what is the budget balance? assume there are no government transfers. gdp=$1180.00 million =$510.00 million =$380.00 million =$280.00 million

Mr. beautiful, an organization that sells weight training sets, has an ordering cost of $40 for the bb-1 set. (bb-1 stands for body beautiful number 1.) the carrying cost for bb-1 is $5 per set per year. to meet demand, mr. beautiful orders large quantities of bb-1 seven times a year. the stockout cost for bb-1 is estimated to be $50 per set. over the past several years, mr. beautiful has observed the following demand during the lead time for bb-1: demand during lead time probability40 0.150 0.260 0.270 0.280 0.290 0.1total 1.0the reorder point for bb-1 is 60 sets. what level of safety stock should be maintained for bb-1?

Adecision is made at the margin when each alternative considers