Below are excerpts from time value of money tables for the 8% rate. 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 1.000 1.000 0.926 1.080 1.080 0.926
2 1.926 2.080 0.857 2.246 1.166 1.783
3 2.783 3.246 0.793 3.506 1.260 2.577
4 3.577 4.506 0.735 4.867 1.360 3.312

Column 1 is an interest table for the:

a. Present value of an ordinary annuity of 1.
b. Future value of an ordinary annuity of 1.
c. Present value of an annuity due of 1.
d. Future value of an annuity due of 1.

While studying for the engineering economy final exam, you and two friends find yourselves craving a fresh pizza. you can't spare the time to pick up the pizza and must have it delivered. "pick-up-sticks" offers a 1-1/4-inch-thick (including toppings), 20-inch square pizza with your choice of two toppings for $15 plus 5% sales tax and a $1.50 delivery charge (no sales tax on delivery charge). "fred's" offers the round, deep-dish sasquatch, which is 20 inches in diameter. it is 1-3/4 inches thick, includes two toppings, and costs $17.25 plus 5% sales tax and free delivery. 1. what is the problem in this situation? state it in an explicit and precise manner. 2. systematically apply the seven principles of engineering economy (pp. 3-6) to the problem you have defined in part (a). 3. assuming that your common unit of measure is dollars (i.e., cost), what is the better value for getting a pizza based on the criterion of minimizing cost per unit of volume? 4. what other criteria might be used to select which pizza to purchase?

After the price floor is instituted, the chairman of productions office buys up any barrels of gosum berries that the producers are not able to sell. with the price floor, the producers sell 300 barrels per month to consumers, but the producers, at this high price floor, produce 700 barrels per month. how much producer surplus is created with the price floor? show your calculations.

Environmentalists are concerned about emissions of sulfur dioxide into the air. the average number of days per year in which sulfur dioxide levels exceed 150 milligrams per cubic meter in milan, italy, is 29. the number of days per year in which emission limits are exceeded is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 4.0 days. what percentage of the years would exceed 37 days?