Two recent ie graduates have decided to enter the field of microcomputers. they intend to manufacture two types of microcomputers, comp386 and comp486. because of the interest in microcomputers, they can (presently) sell all that they could possibly produce. however, they wish to size the production rate so as to satisfy various estimated limits with a small production crew. these include assembly hours: 150 hours per week test hours: 70 hours per week the comp386 requires 4 hours of assembly and 3 hours of testing, and the comp486 consumes 6 hours and 3.5 hours, respectively. profit for the comp386 is estimated at $300 per unit; that of comp486 is $450 per unit. develop a linear programming model that maximizes weekly profit. (you only need to formulate it, you do not need to solve it)

James albemarle created a trust fund at the beginning of 2016. the income from this fund will go to his son edward. when edward reaches the age of 25, the principal of the fund will be conveyed to united charities of cleveland. mr. albemarle specified that 75 percent of trustee fees are to be paid from principal. terry jones, cpa, is the trustee. james albemarle transferred cash of $500,000, stocks worth $400,000, and rental property valued at $250,000 to the trustee of this fund. immediately invested cash of $360,000 in bonds issued by the u.s. government. commissions of $7,900 are paid on this transaction. incurred permanent repairs of $9,000 so that the property can be rented. payment is made immediately. received dividends of $8,000. of this amount, $3,000 had been declared prior to the creation of the trust fund. paid insurance expense of $4,000 on the rental property. received rental income of $10,000. paid $8,000 from the trust for trustee services rendered. conveyed cash of $7,000 to edward albemarle.

Alpha industries is considering a project with an initial cost of $8 million. the project will produce cash inflows of $1.49 million per year for 8 years. the project has the same risk as the firm. the firm has a pretax cost of debt of 5.61 percent and a cost of equity of 11.27 percent. the debt–equity ratio is .60 and the tax rate is 35 percent. what is the net present value of the project?

What is the sequence of events that could lead to trade surplus