Acme Steel Works produces 2000 tons of pig iron worth $20 per ton. It puts 500 tons of pig iron into storage for next year and uses the rest (1500 tons of pig iron) to produce 1000 tons of steel worth $60 per ton. The entire production of steel is then sold. Overall, in production, Acme pays wages of $25,000, it buys $20,000 worth of coal and $10,000 worth of vanadium, and pays $3,000 in business taxes.

Acme's contribution to GDP is:

$20,000.
$67,000
$70,000.
$100,000.
$40,000
$50,000.

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Suppose that xtel currently is selling at $40 per share. you buy 500 shares using $15,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. the rate on the margin loan is 8%. a. what is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of xtel immediately changes to (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) b. if the maintenance margin is 25%, how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. how would your answer to requirement 2 would change if you had financed the initial purchase with only $10,000 of your own money? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) d. what is the rate of return on your margined position (assuming again that you invest $15,000 of your own money) if xtel is selling after one year at (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) e. continue to assume that a year has passed. how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)