Eddie is a production engineer for a major supplier of component parts for cars. he has determined that a robot can be installed on the production line to replace one employee. the employee earns $20 per hour and benefits worth $8 per hour for a total annual cost of $58,240 this year. eddie estimates this cost will increase 6% each year. the robot will cost $16,500 to operate for the first year with costs increasing by $1500 each year. the firm uses an interest rate of 15% and a 10-year planning horizon. the robot costs $75,000 installed and will have a salvage value of $5000 after 10 years. should eddie recommend that purchase of the robot? show work and include the cash-flow diagram for each.

Which one of the following is most apt to align management's priorities with shareholders' interests? compensating managers with shares of stock that must be held for a minimum of three years holding corporate and shareholder meetings at high-end resort-type locations preferred by managers increasing the number of paid holidays that long-term employees are entitled to receive allowing employees to retire early with full retirement benefits paying a special management bonus on every fifth year of employment

Josie just bought her first fish tank a 36 -gallon glass aquarium, which she’s been saving up for almost a year to buy. for josie, the fish tank is most likely what type of purchase

Which of the following is likely not a benefit of requiring a grand jury to listen to and examine all of the evidence against a person suspected of committing a serious crime and then independently deciding whether or not to hand down an indictment? 1.the grand jury system provides the accused another safeguard against being sent to trial and facing conviction based on flawed evidence. 2.the members of the grand jury are drawn from the community and are empowered to render independent decisions about whether or not the government has collected enough evidence to bring an individual to trial. 3.the grand jury’s decision can provide prosecutors insight into what is necessary to build a sufficient case if a similar crime is presented later. 4.the grand jury is impaneled to rubber-stamp prosecutors’ cases, which makes it possible for more cases to reach trial.