Assume that a company is considering purchasing a new piece of equipment for $240,000 that would have a useful life of 10 years and a salvage value of $24,000. The new equipment would cost $20,000 per year to operate and it would replace an old piece of equipment that costs $55,000 per year to operate. The old equipment currently being used could be sold for a salvage value of $40,000. The payback period for the new equipment is closest to: \

Upscale hotels in the united states recently cut their prices by 20 percent in an effort to bolster dwindling occupancy rates among business travelers. a survey performed by a major research organization indicated that businesses are wary of current economic conditions and are now resorting to electronic media, such as the internet and the telephone, to transact business. assume a company's budget permits it to spend $5,000 per month on either business travel or electronic media to transact business. graphically illustrate how a 20 percent decline in the price of business travel would impact this company's budget set if the price of business travel was initially $1,000 per trip and the price of electronic media was $500 per hour. suppose that, after the price of business travel drops, the company issues a report indicating that its marginal rate of substitution between electronic media and business travel is 1. is the company allocating resources efficiently? explain.

Because the demand for wheat tends to be inelastic. true or false

> > objectives define federalism and explain why the framers adopted a federal system instead of a unitary system. categorize powers delegated to and denied to the national government, and powers reserved for and denied to the states, and the difference between exclusive and concurrent powers.