2. A store is selling carpet steam cleaners for $350. It costs them $100 to manufacture these steam cleaners. What is the numerical profit margin and the markup percentage? If this company wants to bring in more customers by reducing the price of their steam cleaners by $50, what would the markdown percentage be?

73. calculate the weighted average cost of capital (wacc) based on the following information: the equity multiplier is 1.66; the interest rate on debt is 13%; the required return to equity holders is 22%; and the tax rate is 35%. (a) 15.6% (b) 16.0% (c) 15.0% (d) 16.6% (e) none of the above

Mr. drucker uses a periodic review system to manage the inventory in his dry goods store. he likes to maintain 15 sacks of sugar on his shelves based on the annual demand figure of 225 sacks. it costs $2 to place an order for sugar and costs $1 to hold a sack in inventory for a year. mr. drucker checks inventory one day and notes that he is down to 9 sacks; how much should he order?

Do you think it ethical and appropriate for marshall to have used himself as a test subject and swallowed a sample of helicobacter pylori? what precautions did he take? would you do it? why or why not?