The management of Bones Corporation is investigating automating a process. Old equipment, with a current salvage value of $21,000, would be replaced by a new machine. The new machine would be purchased for $378,000 and would have a 6 year useful life and no salvage value. By automating the process, the company would save $131,000 per year in cash operating costs. The simple rate of return on the investment is closest to (Ignore income taxes.): (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)

In which of the following situations would the price of a good be most likely to increase? a. a breakthrough in productive technology enables a company to increase its output. b. an increase in production costs results from a rise in wages. c. there's a sudden increase in the number of companies competing to sell the good. d. a drop in demand happens too quickly for producers to decrease production to keep up.

Salty sensations snacks company manufactures three types of snack foods: tortilla chips, potato chips, and pretzels. the company has budgeted the following costs for the upcoming period: 1 factory depreciation $33,782.00 2 indirect labor 84,456.00 3 factory electricity 8,446.00 4 indirect materials 40,356.00 5 selling expenses 26,900.00 6 administrative expenses 17,200.00 7 total costs $211,140.00 factory overhead is allocated to the three products on the basis of processing hours. the products had the following production budget and processing hours per case: budgeted volume (cases) processing hours per case tortilla chips 3,600 0.25 potato chips 5,300 0.11 pretzels 2,300 0.49 total 11,200 required: a. determine the single plantwide factory overhead rate.* b. use the factory overhead rate in (a) to determine the amount of total and per-case factory overhead allocated to each of the three products under generally accepted accounting principles. refer to the amount descriptions list provided for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries.* * if required, round your answers to the nearest cen

Oliver's company is planning the launch of their hybrid cars. the company has included "never-before-seen" product benefits in the hybrid cars. which type of advertising should oliver's company use for the new cars?