On january 1, 2017, pearl inc. purchased a piece of equipment with a list price of $60,000. the following amounts were related to the equipment purchase: terms of the purchase were 2/10, net 30. pearl paid for the purchase on january 8. freight costs of $1,000 were incurred. a state agency required that a pollution control device be installed on the equipment at a cost of $2,500. during installation, the equipment was damaged and repair costs of $4,000 were incurred. architect's fees of $4,700 were paid to redesign the work space to accommodate the new equipment. pearl purchased liability insurance to cover possible damage to the asset. the three-year policy cost $8,000. pearl financed the purchase with a bank loan. interest of $3,000 was paid on the loan during 2016. determine the acquisition cost of the equipment.

Ms. sophia jones, the company president, has heard that there are multiple breakeven points for every product. she does not believe this and has asked you to provide the evidence of such a possibility. some information about the company for 2017 is as follows:

Areal estate agent is considering changing her cell phone plan. there are three plans to choose from, all of which involve a monthly service charge of $20. plan a has a cost of $.42 a minute for daytime calls and $.17 a minute for evening calls. plan b has a charge of $.52 a minute for daytime calls and $.15 a minute for evening calls. plan c has a flat rate of $80 with 275 minutes of calls allowed per month and a charge of $.38 per minute beyond that, day or evening.a. determine the total charge under each plan for this case: 150 minutes of day calls and 70 minutes of evening calls in a month. (do not round intermediate calculations. round your answer to 2 decimal places. omit the "$" sign in your response.)c. if the agent will use the service for daytime calls, over what range of call minutes will each plan be optimal? (round each answer to the nearest whole number.include the indifference point itself in each answer.)d. suppose that the agent expects both daytime and evening calls. at what point (i.e., percentage of total call minutes used for daytime calls) would she be indifferent between plans a and b?

This year, druehl, inc., will produce 60 comma 000 hot water heaters at its plant in delaware, in order to meet expected global demand. to accomplish this, each laborer at the plant will work 200 hours per month. if the labor productivity at the plant is 0.25 hot water heaters per labor hour, how many laborers are employed at the plant? number of laborers employed by the plant = nothing laborers (round your answer to the nearest whole number).