The management of ballard microbrew is considering the purchase of an automated bottling machine for $120,000. the machine would replace an old piece of equipment that costs $30,000 per year to operate. the new machine would cost $12,000 per year to operate. the old machine currently in use could be sold now for a salvage value of $40,000. the new machine would have a useful life of 10 years with no salvage value. compute the simple rate of return on the new automated bottling machine. show your work.

Inventory by three methods; cost of goods sold the units of an item available for sale during the year were as follows: jan. 1 inventory 20 units at $1,800 may 15 purchase 31 units at $1,950 aug. 7 purchase 13 units at $2,040 nov. 20 purchase 16 units at $2,100 there are 18 units of the item in the physical inventory at december 31. determine the cost of ending inventory and the cost of goods sold by three methods, presenting your answers in the following form: round your final answers to the nearest dollar. cost inventory method ending inventory cost of goods sold a. first-in, first-out method $ $ b. last-in, first-out method $ $ c. weighted average cost method $ $