The management of cooper corporation is considering the purchase of a new machine costing $420,000. the company's desired rate of return is 10%. the present value factors for $1 at compound interest of 10% for 1 through 5 years are 0.909, 0.826, 0.751, 0.683, and 0.621, respectively. in addition to this information, use the following data in determining the acceptability of the proposed purchase:

The following account balances at the beginning of january were selected from the general ledger of fresh bagel manufacturing company: work in process inventory $0 raw materials inventory $ 28 comma 100 finished goods inventory $ 40 comma 600 additional data: 1. actual manufacturing overhead for january amounted to $ 65 comma 000. 2. total direct labor cost for january was $ 63 comma 400. 3. the predetermined manufacturing overhead rate is based on direct labor cost. the budget for the year called for $ 255 comma 000 of direct labor cost and $ 382 comma 500 of manufacturing overhead costs. 4. the only job unfinished on january 31 was job no. 151, for which total direct labor charges were $ 5 comma 200 (1 comma 300 direct labor hours) and total direct material charges were $ 14 comma 400. 5. cost of direct materials placed in production during january totaled $ 123 comma 700. there were no indirect material requisitions during january. 6. january 31 balance in raw materials inventory was $ 35 comma 300. 7. finished goods inventory balance on january 31 was $ 35 comma 400. what is the cost of goods manufactured for january?

The manager of the quick stop corner convenience store (which never closes) sells four cases of stein beer each day. order costs are $8.00 per order, and stein beer costs $.80 per six-pack (each case of stein beer contains four six-packs). orders arrive three days from the time they are placed. daily holding costs are equal to 5 percent of the cost of the beer. if he were to order 16 cases of stein beer at a time, what would be the average inventory level? a. 0.25 days b. 3 days c. 1 day d. 4 days e. 20 days

Rich is researching for an economics paper on the history of exchange rates between the us and great britain. the best choice for rich to use is