Biohealth, a biodevice systems leasing company, is considering a new equipment purchase to replace a currently-owned asset that was purchased 2 years ago for $250,000. it is appraised at a current market value of only $50,000. an upgrade is possible for $200,000 now that would be adequate for another 3 years of lease rights, after which the entire system could be sold on the international circuit for an estimated $40,000. the challenger can be purchased at a cost of $300,000, has an expected life of 10 years, and has a $50,000 salvage value. determine whether the company should upgrade or replace at a marr of 12% per year. assume the aoc estimates are the same for both alternatives.

Suppose that the u.s. dollars-mexican pesos exchange rate is fixed by the u.s. and mexican governments. assume also that labor is mobile between the united states and mexico due to low transportation costs.which of the following situations is likely to happen as a result of a simultaneous increase in the demand for u.s. goods and decrease in the demand for mexican goods? (pick mexican unemployment rate increases, and the country undergoes bad economic times for a sustained u.s. unemployment rate increases, and the country undergoes bad economic times for a sustained mexican unemployment rate rises at first, but it soon drops as unemployed mexicans move to the united states for mexican unemployment rate rises at first, but then it drops as mexican pesos depreciate against u.s. dollars.