Toll road is being considered as a replacement for the current road linking purdue and chicago. investment costs of the structure are estimated to be $18,500,000, and $320,000 per year in operating and maintenance costs are anticipated. in addition, the road must be resurfaced every fifth year of its 30-year projected life at a cost of $1,200,000 per occurrence (no resurfacing cost in year 30 and the initial resurfacing of the road is included in the $17,500,000). revenues generated from the toll are anticipated to be $2,500,000. assuming zero market (salvage) value for the bridge at the end of 30 years and a marr of 10% per year, what is the conventional b-c ratio for this project? (round to two decimal places)

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum.should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?