Jeremy Hicks and Sherrod Perry both graduated and initially moved to Detroit. Jeremy got a job in Detroit working for General Motors in marketing while Sherrod moved 5 miles across the border to work for Canadian Nissan in their civil engineering department. Both companies made $500,000 in base assets. Based on the 5 year accumulated depreciations, the method for straight line is $10,000, DB is $ 11,500, MACRS is $12,750, and DDB is $14,000. If you are a tax consultant using the provided information, what is the Book Value for each company? Which company will pay fewer taxes and why? (5pts)

Abigail spent $100 on a new edition of the personal finance textbook rather than $75 for a used copy. the additional cost for the new copy is called the

Atoy manufacturer makes its own wind-up motors, which are then put into its toys. while the toy manufacturing process is continuous, the motors are intermittent flow. data on the manufacture of the motors appears below.annual demand (d) = 50,000 units daily subassembly production rate = 1,000setup cost (s) = $85 per batch daily subassembly usage rate = 200carrying cost = $.20 per unit per year(a) to minimize cost, how large should each batch of subassemblies be? (b) approximately how many days are required to produce a batch? (c) how long is a complete cycle? (d) what is the average inventory for this problem? (e) what is the total annual inventory cost (holding plus setup) of the optimal behavior in this problem?

Upscale hotels in the united states recently cut their prices by 20 percent in an effort to bolster dwindling occupancy rates among business travelers. a survey performed by a major research organization indicated that businesses are wary of current economic conditions and are now resorting to electronic media, such as the internet and the telephone, to transact business. assume a company's budget permits it to spend $5,000 per month on either business travel or electronic media to transact business. graphically illustrate how a 20 percent decline in the price of business travel would impact this company's budget set if the price of business travel was initially $1,000 per trip and the price of electronic media was $500 per hour. suppose that, after the price of business travel drops, the company issues a report indicating that its marginal rate of substitution between electronic media and business travel is 1. is the company allocating resources efficiently? explain.