Acompany is considering investing $20 comma 00020,000 in a heat exchanger. the heat exchanger will last five years, at which time it will be sold for $3 comma 0003,000. the maintenance cost at the end of the first year is estimated to be $2 comma 0002,000. maintenance costs for the exchanger are estimated to increase by $1 comma 0001,000 per year over its life. as an alternative, the company may lease the equipment for $x per year, including maintenance, with the annual payments to made at the end of each year. a. choose cash flow diagrams of both alternatives. b. for what value of x should the company lease the heat exchanger? the company expects to earn 1010% on its investments. assume end-of-year lease payments.

Assume that (i) setups need to be completed first; (ii) a setup can only start once the batch has arrived at the resource, and (iii) all flow units of a batch need to be processed at a resource before any of the units of the batch can be moved to the next resource. process step 1 molding 2 painting 3 dressing setup time 15 min. 30 min. no setup processing time 0.25 min./unit 0.15 min./unit 0.30 min./unit which batch size would minimize inventory without decreasing the process capacity?

Suppose that the u.s. dollars-mexican pesos exchange rate is fixed by the u.s. and mexican governments. assume also that labor is mobile between the united states and mexico due to low transportation costs.which of the following situations is likely to happen as a result of a simultaneous increase in the demand for u.s. goods and decrease in the demand for mexican goods? (pick mexican unemployment rate increases, and the country undergoes bad economic times for a sustained u.s. unemployment rate increases, and the country undergoes bad economic times for a sustained mexican unemployment rate rises at first, but it soon drops as unemployed mexicans move to the united states for mexican unemployment rate rises at first, but then it drops as mexican pesos depreciate against u.s. dollars.

Whom do progressive taxes assess? a. only a large percentage of high-income households b. only a large percentage of organizations c. a large percentage of high-income households and organizations d. a large percentage of low-income households e. a small percentage of high-income households