Leroy purchased an AI-based robotics system with the first cost of $345,000, an AOC of $148,000 per year, a $140,000 salvage value, and an ESL of 3 years. Rather than trading after 3 years, he kept the system for a total of 5 years. Due to the wear factor and expense of repairs, its AOC increased to $220,000 per year starting in year 4, plus the salvage value went to zero. At i = 10% per year, what is the percentage increase in the AW of costs that Leroy experienced? The percentage increase in the AW of costs that Leroy experienced is __ %

Precision dyes is analyzing two machines to determine which one it should purchase. the company requires a rate of return of 15 percent and uses straight-line depreciation to a zero book value over the life of its equipment. ignore bonus depreciation. machine a has a cost of $462,000, annual aftertax cash outflows of $46,200, and a four-year life. machine b costs $898,000, has annual aftertax cash outflows of $16,500, and has a seven-year life. whichever machine is purchased will be replaced at the end of its useful life. which machine should the company purchase and how much less is that machine's eac as compared to the other machine's

One pound of material is required for each finished unit. the inventory of materials at the end of each month should equal 20% of the following month's production needs. purchases of raw materials for february would be budgeted to be:

What is an equation of the line in slope intercept formm = 4 and the y-intercept is (0,5)y = 4x-5y = -5x +4y = 4x + 5y = 5x +4