In the Bank Location problem, four of the twenty counties were on adjacent to Pennsylvania. (Counties 1, 14, 15, 16.) If the bank president wanted to be sure that at least one bank was located in one of these counties, what constraint would need to be added to the model?
a. x1 + x14 + x15 + x16 > 1
b. x1 + x14 + x15 + x16 >= 1
c. x1 + x14 + x15 + x16 = 1
d. x1 + x14 + x15 + x16 <= 1

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:

The vaska company buys a patent on january 1, year one, and agrees to pay $100,000 per year for the next five years. the first payment is made immediately, and the payments are made on each january 1 thereafter. if a reasonable annual interest rate is 8 percent, what is the recorded value of the patent? 1. $378,4252. $431,2133. $468,9504. $500,000

Oakmont company has an opportunity to manufacture and sell a new product for a four-year period. the company’s discount rate is 18%. after careful study, oakmont estimated the following costs and revenues for the new product: cost of equipment needed $ 230,000 working capital needed $ 84,000 overhaul of the equipment in year two $ 9,000 salvage value of the equipment in four years $ 12,000 annual revenues and costs: sales revenues $ 400,000 variable expenses $ 195,000 fixed out-of-pocket operating costs $ 85,000 when the project concludes in four years the working capital will be released for investment elsewhere within the company. click here to view exhibit 12b-1 and exhibit 12b-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.