The capital investment cost for a switchgrass-fueled ethanol plant with a capacity of 250,000 gallons per year is $2,000,000. the costcapacity factor for this particular plant technology is 0.67 for capacities ranging from 200,000 gallons per year to 500,000 gallons per year. what is the estimated capital investment for a similar ethanol plant with a capacity of 400,000 gallons per year? only fill in the number of your calculated result in the blank, e. g., if the result is $100, fill in "100"; also round to the nearest integer.

Sri lanka is one of the major tea producing nations in the world. a substantial portion of the country's annual tea production gets exported to various countries, including the united arab emirates, russia, and other countries in the middle east. given the success in these countries, sri lanka decided to foray into the asian market. research evidence indicated that people in myanmar are major consumers of tea and that there is a high demand for tea in that country. this convinced industry experts in sri lanka that exporting to myanmar was a good idea. even though sri lankan tea was priced competitively, sales in myanmar turned out to be far lower than expected. which of the following, if true, could explain this outcome? a. myanmar exported a substantial amount of its annual tea production that year. b. the tea exported from sri lanka is of the highest quality. c. the myanmar government hiked the minimum wage for labor. d. people in myanmar are willing to pay more for their domestic tea brands than for foreign brands. e. sri lankan tea exports to other asian countries like india and china have also not been very successful.