You are comparing replacing the current lab, which has a cost function of 400,000 + 15*Volume, with an automated lab that has a cost function of 500,000 + 10*Volume. Doing so would reduce the error rate from 1.5 percent to 1 percent. Your volume is expected to be 45,000 tests per year. a. You should keep the current lab because its fixed costs are smaller.
b. You should adopt the automated lab because its total costs and error rate are smaller.
c. You should keep the current lab because its total costs and error rate are about the same.
d. None of the above

Each of the four independent situations below describes a sales-type lease in which annual lease payments of $12,500 are payable at the beginning of each year. each is a finance lease for the lessee. (fv of $1, pv of $1, fva of $1, pva of $1, fvad of $1 and pvad of $1) (use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) situation 1 2 3 4 lease term (years) 3 3 3 3 asset’s useful life (years) 3 4 4 6 lessor’s implicit rate (known by lessee) 14 % 14 % 14 % 14 % residual value: guaranteed by lessee 0 $ 5,000 $ 2,500 0 unguaranteed 0 0 $ 2,500 $ 5,000 purchase option: after (years) none 2 3 3 exercise price n/a $ 7,500 $ 1,500 $ 3,500 reasonably certain? n/a no no yes

How do communism and socialism differ in terms of the role that government plays in the economy ?

Camilo is a self-employed roofer. he reported a profit of $30,000 on his schedule c. he had other taxable income of $5,000. he paid $3,000 for hospitalization insurance. his self-employment tax was $4,656. he paid his former wife $4,000 in court-ordered alimony and $4,000 in child support. what is the amount camilo can deduct in arriving at adjusted gross income (agi)?