Why may a hotel charge such very high prices for wine, soft drinks or even bottled water and yet quite reasonable prices for food and still get away with such high prices

Sauer food company has decided to buy a new computer system with an expected life of three years. the cost is $440,000. the company can borrow $440,000 for three years at 14 percent annual interest or for one year at 12 percent annual interest. assume interest is paid in full at the end of each year. a. how much would sauer food company save in interest over the three-year life of the computer system if the one-year loan is utilized and the loan is rolled over (reborrowed) each year at the same 12 percent rate? compare this to the 14 percent three-year loan.

China's new 5 percent tax on disposable wooden chopsticks, reflecting concerns about deforestation, has been praised by environmentalists. the move is hitting hard at the japanese, who consume 25 billion set of wooden chopsticks annually. almost all of the chopsticks used in japan come from china. the reuirements for chinese manufacturers of wooden chopsticks to pay the 5 percent tax is a factor in their external environment.

One of the scarce resources that constrain our behavior is time. each of us has only 24 hours in a day, and we must allocate our time in a given day among competing alternatives. how do you go about allocating your time in a given day among competing alternatives? how do you go about weighing the alternatives? once you choose a most important use of time, why do you not spend all your time on that activity? a. as more and more time is spent on one activity, the opportunity cost of that activity in terms of other activities rises. b. as less and less time is spent on one activity, the opportunity cost of that activity in terms of other activities rises. c. as more and more time is spent on one activity, the opportunity cost of that activity in terms of other activities falls. d. b and c only.