North Dakota Knapsacks, Inc. makes high quality backpacks. Each pack can be sold to an outdoor gear distributor for $43. The variable cost of producing each pack is $29. The company's cash-based fixed costs (such as managers' salaries, building rent, some components of utilities and insurance) total $2,450,000 per year. The machinery used in the manufacturing originally cost the company $10,850,000, and was expected to have a 7. year useful life. North Dakota's managers feel that the weighted average cost of capital for the company's typical investment projects is 9.3% per year. What number of backpacks sold constitutes the company's annual Financial Break-Even Point?a. 64,271.39 b. 8.330,538.57 c. 19,461.43 d. 312,285.71 e. 532,442.96

The outstanding bonds of the purple fiddle are priced at $898 and mature in nine years. these bonds have a 6 percent coupon and pay interest annually. the firm's tax rate is 35 percent. what is the firm's after tax cost of debt?

Which of the following is a disadvantage of equity alliances when compared to non-equity alliances? 1. they are reflective of weaker ties between firms.2. they do not permit the exchange of explicit knowledge.3. they are more likely to bring about lack of trust and commitment.4. they require significantly higher levels of investment.

The table shows the demand and supply schedules for magazines. complete the following sentences. the equilibrium price of a magazine is $ 4 and the equilibrium quantity is 150 magazines a week. price (dollars per magazine) quantity demanded quantity supplied (magazines per week) 3.00 160 138 3.50 155 144 4.00 150 150 4.50 145 156 5.00 140 161 now a fall in the price of a newspaper decreases the quantity demanded by 11 magazines a week at each price. at the original equilibrium price, a occurs. to return to equilibrium, the price of a magazine a. surplus; rises b. shortage; rises c. shortage; falls d. surplus; falls as the market returns to equilibrium, the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied a. decreases; increases b. decreases; decreases c. increases; decreases d. increases; increases the new equilibrium price is $ nothing a magazine.