Anastasia was trying to decide which investment plan would be best over 10 years. Bank A was offering 8.5% simple interest on her money using the formula . Bank B was offering 8% compounded annually using the formula . Which bank is a better investment if she has $2,000 to invest for 10 years?

Aproduction line has three machines a, b, and c, with reliabilities of .96, .86, and .85, respectively. the machines are arranged so that if one breaks down, the others must shut down. engineers are weighing two alternative designs for increasing the line’s reliability. plan 1 involves adding an identical backup line, and plan 2 involves providing a backup for each machine. in either case, three machines (a, b, and c) would be used with reliabilities equal to the original three. a. compute overall system reliability under plan 1. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability b. compute overall system reliability under plan 2. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability c. which plan will provide the higher reliability? plan2plan1

Jimmy's delicatessen sells large tins of tom tucker's toffee. the deli uses a periodic review system, checking inventory levels every 88 days, at which time an order is placed for more tins. order lead time is 22 days. daily demand is a constant 1515 tins, so average demand during the reorder period and order lead time (1010 days) is 150150 tins. draw a sawtooth diagram. assume that the beginning inventory level is equal to the restocking level and the desired service level is 99.9%. what is the safety stock level? (hint: look at the formula for calculating restocking level.) what is the average inventory level? the safety stock level is average inventory level is __chart: time (10,20,30), tins (0,150) lines touching both axisthe safety stock level is 0 tinsthe average inventory level is 75 tins

In each of the cases below, assume division x has a product that can be sold either to outside customers or to division y of the same company for use in its production process. the managers of the divisions are evaluated based on their divisional profits. case a b division x: capacity in units 200,000 200,000 number of units being sold to outside customers 200,000 160,000 selling price per unit to outside customers $ 90 $ 75 variable costs per unit $ 70 $ 60 fixed costs per unit (based on capacity) $ 13 $ 8 division y: number of units needed for production 40,000 40,000 purchase price per unit now being paid to an outside supplier $ 86 $ 74 required: 1. refer to the data in case a above. assume in this case that $3 per unit in variable selling costs can be avoided on intracompany sales. a. what is the lowest acceptable transfer price from the perspective of the selling division? b. what is the highest acceptable transfer price from the perspective of the buying division? c. what is the range of acceptable transfer prices (if any) between the two divisions? if the managers are free to negotiate and make decisions on their own, will a transfer probably take place?