Each week, Wilson Water incurs total costs of $56,500 to filter natural spring water. The firm can then bottle the water as is, or it can spend $8,000 to carbonate the water prior to bottling. Daily revenues for the plain water are $144,000 while those for the carbonated water are $150,000. If Wilson is currently selling plain water and wants to continue doing so next week, which of the following changes would it LEAST want to see in the week ahead? a. A $2,000 increase in the cost of filtering the spring water accompanied by a $1,600 decrease in the cost of carbonating the water.
b. A $1,500 increase in the cost of filtering the spring water accompanied by a $1,000 decrease in the cost of carbonating the water.
c. A $3.000 decrease in the cost of carbonating the water.
d. A $2,500 decrease in the cost of carbonating the water

Companies in the u.s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct

Cynthia is a hospitality worker in the lodging industry who prefers to cater to small groups of people. she might want to open a

Bernard made a gift of $500,000 to his brother in 2014. due to bernard’s prior taxable gifts he paid $200,000 of gift tax. when bernard died in 2019, the applicable gift tax credit had increased. at bernard’s death, what amount related to the $500,000 gift to his brother is included in his gross estate?