Croce, inc., is investigating an investment in equipment that would have a useful life of 7 years. the company uses a discount rate of 8% in its capital budgeting. the net present value of the investment, excluding the salvage value, is −$515,967. to the nearest whole dollar how large would the salvage value of the equipment have to be to make the investment in the equipment financially attractive? (ignore income taxes.)refer to exhibit 12b-1 and exhibit 12b-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided. a. $885,021b. $41,277c. $6,449,588d. $515,967

What is the difference between total utility and marginal utility? a. marginal utility is subject to the law of diminishing marginal utility while total utility is not. b. total utility represents the consumer optimum while marginal utility gives the total utility per dollar spent on the last unit. c. total utility is the total amount of satisfaction derived from consuming a certain amount of a good while marginal utility is the additional satisfaction gained from consuming an additional unit of the good. d. marginal utility represents the consumer optimum while total utility gives the total utility per dollar spent on the last unit.

China's new 5 percent tax on disposable wooden chopsticks, reflecting concerns about deforestation, has been praised by environmentalists. the move is hitting hard at the japanese, who consume 25 billion set of wooden chopsticks annually. almost all of the chopsticks used in japan come from china. the reuirements for chinese manufacturers of wooden chopsticks to pay the 5 percent tax is a factor in their external environment.

Which of the following situations is most likely to change a buyer's market into a seller's market? a. a natural disaster that drives away a lot of the population. b. the price of building materials suddenly going up. c. the government buys up a lot of houses to build a new freeway. d. a factory laying off a lot of workers in the area.