Tundra Tots is evaluating the proposed acquisition of new equipment at a cost of $250,000. In addition the equipment would require modifications at a cost of $20,000 plus shipping costs of $3,000. The equipment falls into the MACRS 3-year class, and will be sold after 3 years for $25,000. The equipment would require increased inventory of $4,000. The equipment is expected to save the company $25,000 per year in before-tax operating costs. The company's marginal tax rate is 30 percent and its cost of capital is 11 percent.

a. What is the cash outflow at Time 0?
b. What are the net operating cash flows in years 1, 2, and 3?
c. Calculate the non-operating terminal year cash flow.
d. Calculate net present value. Should the machine be purchased?

Needs to schedule the staffing of the center. it is open from 8am until midnight. larry has monitored the usage of the center at various times of the day and determined that the following number of computer consultants are required: time of dayminimum number of consultants required to be on duty8 am-noon4noon-4 pm84pm-8pm108pm-midnight6 two types of computer consultants can be hired: full-time and part-time. the full- time consultants work for eight consecutive hours in any of the shifts: morning (8am- 4pm), afternoon (noon-8pm) and evening (4pm-midnight). full-time consultants are paid $14 per hour. part-time consultants can be hired to work any of the four shifts listed in the table. part-time consultants are paid $12 per hour. an additional requirement is that during every time period, there must be at least two full-time consultants on duty for every part-time consultant on duty. larry would like to determine how many full-time and part-time consultants should work each shift to meet the above requirements at the minimum possible cost. formulate this as an lp problem. you must define your variables clearly