A land development company is considering the purchase of earth-moving equipment. This equipment will have an estimated first cost of $199,000, a salvage value of $65,000, a life of 10 years, a maintenance cost of $32,000 per year, and an operating cost of $220 per day. Alternatively, the company can rent the necessary equipment for $1130 per day and hire a driver at $180 per day. If the company's MARR is 10% per year, how many days per year must the company need the equipment in order to justify its purchase?

You are an aspiring entrepreneur looking at maslow's hierarchy of needs to determine what type of consumer-oriented business you should start. after reviewing the hierarchy, you decide that you want to open a business that caters to the most basic level of human needs as defined by maslow. based on this information, you should:

Ummit record company is negotiating with two banks for a $157,000 loan. fidelity bank requires a compensating balance of 24 percent, discounts the loan, and wants to be paid back in four quarterly payments. southwest bank requires a compensating balance of 12 percent, does not discount the loan, but wants to be paid back in 12 monthly installments. the stated rate for both banks is 9 percent. compensating balances will be subtracted from the $157,000 in determining the available funds in part a. a-1. calculate the effective interest rate for fidelity bank and southwest bank. (do not round intermediate calculations. input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) a-2. which loan should summit accept? southwest bank fidelity bank b. recompute the effective cost of interest, assuming that summit ordinarily maintains $37,680 at each bank in deposits that will serve as compensating balances

Which two of the following are benefits of consumer programs