Hothouse Plc uses 5,000 glass panels a month in its assembly line and reorders 4,000 glass panels in each new order. The annual carrying cost per panel is £3 and the fixed order cost is £60. i. What is the optimal order quantity for Hothouse Plc? (3 marks)

ii. How much could the company save annually by changing the order quantity?

Suppose jamal purchases a pair of running shoes online for $60. if his state has a sales tax on clothing of 6 percent, how much is he required to pay in state sales tax?

Abond purchased for $950 was sold for $980 after one year. the interest received during the year is $25. the bond's yield is:

Rate of return douglas keel, a financial analyst for orange industries, wishes to estimate the rate of return for two similar-risk investments, x and y. douglas's research indicates that the immediate past returns will serve as reasonable estimates of future returns. a year earlier, investment x had a market value of $27 comma 000; and investment y had a market value of $46 comma 000. during the year, investment x generated cash flow of $2 comma 025 and investment y generated cash flow of $ 6 comma 770. the current market values of investments x and y are $28 comma 582 and $46 comma 000, respectively. a. calculate the expected rate of return on investments x and y using the most recent year's data. b. assuming that the two investments are equally risky, which one should douglas recommend? why?