Aclothing manufacturer produces clothing in five locations in the u. s. in a move to vertical integration, the company is planning a new fabric production plant which will supply fabric to all five clothing plants. the clothing plants have been located on a coordinate system as follows:
location (x, y)
a 7,2
b 4,7
c 5,5
d 6,2
e 8,4
if the amount of fabric shipped to each plant are equal, what is the optimal location for the fabric plant?

a. 5,5
b. 6,4
c. 4,6
d. 6,2
e. 5,4

David paid $975,000 for two beachfront lots in coastal south carolina, with the intention of building residential homes on each. two years later, the south carolina legislature passed the beachfront management act, barring any further development of the coast, including david's lots. when david files a complaint to seek compensation for his property, south carolina refuses, pointing to a passage in david's own complaint that states "the beachfront management act [was] properly and validly designed to south carolina's " is south carolina required to compensate david under the takings clause?

Exercise 2-12 cost behavior; high-low method [lo2-3, lo2-4] speedy parcel service operates a fleet of delivery trucks in a large metropolitan area. a careful study by the company’s cost analyst has determined that if a truck is driven 120,000 miles during a year, the average operating cost is 11.6 cents per mile. if a truck is driven only 80,000 miles during a year, the average operating cost increases to 13.6 cents per mile. required: 1.& 2. using the high-low method, estimate the variable and fixed cost elements of the annual cost of truck operation. (round the "variable cost per mile" to 3 decimal places.)

Harveys corporation borrowed $60,000 from the bank on november 1, 2014. the note had a 6 percent annual rate of interest and matured on april 30, 2015. interest and principal were paid in cash on the maturity date. required a. what amount of interest expense was paid in cash in 2014?