Ares, inc, has purchased a brand new machine to produce its high flight line of shoes. the machine has an economic life of five years. the depreciation schedule for the machine is straight-line and there is no anticipated salvage value. the machine costs $575,000. the sales price per pair of shoes is $60, while the variable cost is $14. the $165,000 of fixed costs per year are attributed to the machine. assume that the corporate tax rate is 34% and the appropriate discount rate is 8%. given this information, what is the economic break-even point of sale?

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Christopher kim, cfa, is a banker with batts brothers, an investment banking firm. kim follows the energy industry and has frequent contact with industry executives. kim is contacted by the ceo of a large oil and gas corporation who wants batts brothers to underwrite a secondary offering of the company's stock. the ceo offers kim the opportunity to fly on his private jet to his ranch in texas for an exotic game hunting expedition if kim's firm can complete the underwriting within 90 days. according to cfa institute standards of conduct, kim: a) may accept the offer as long as he discloses the offer to batts brothers.b) may not accept the offer because it is considered lavish entertainment.c) must obtain written consent from batts brothers before accepting the offer.

Barbara flynn is in charge of maintaining hospital supplies at general hospital. during the past year, the mean lead time demand for bandage bx-5 was 65 (and was normally distributed). furthermore, the standard deviation for bx-5 was 6. ms. flynn would like to maintain a 90% service level.refer to the standard normal table for z-values.a) what safety stock level do you recommend for bx-5? safety stock=)what is the appropriate reorder point? reorder point=