The bookstore at State University purchases from a vendor sweatshirts emblazoned with school name and logo. The vendor sells the sweatshirts to the store for $38 apiece. The cost to the bookstore for placing an order is $120, and the carrying cost is 25% of the average annual inventory value. The bookstore manager estimates that 2,000 sweatshirts will be sold during the year. The vendor has offered the bookstore the following volume discount schedule: Order size Discount (96) 1- 299 300 499 500 799 800 (a) Specify the prices and carrying costs of the sweatshirts in different order quantities. Price 38 Order size Carrying Cost 1 299 300 499 500~799 800~
(b) Determine the optimal order quantity without discount
(c) The total annual costs with the order quantity in (a)
(d) The total annual costs with the order quantity of 300
(e) The total annual costs with the order quantity of 500
(f) The total annual costs with the order quantity of 800
(g) Based on the results of (b - c), what is the optimal order quantity given the discount schedule?

Cardinal company is considering a project that would require a $2,725,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years. at the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would be sold for its salvage value of $400,000. the company’s discount rate is 14%. the project would provide net operating income each year as follows: sales $2,867,000 variable expenses 1,125,000 contribution margin 1,742,000 fixed expenses: advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs $706,000 depreciation 465,000 total fixed expenses 1,171,000 net operating income $571,000 1. which item(s) in the income statement shown above will not affect cash flows? (you may select more than one answer. single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.) (a)sales (b)variable expenses (c) advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs expenses (d) depreciation expense 2. what are the project’s annual net cash inflows? 3.what is the present value of the project’s annual net cash inflows? (use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.) 4.what is the present value of the equipment’s salvage value at the end of five years? (use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.) 5.what is the project’s net present value? (use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)