A new equipment is being considered at a local company at a cost of $200,000. The operation and maintenance costs of this equipment are estimated to be about $20,000 per year. Salvage value is expected to be $40,000 at the end of its useful life. The life of this equipment is estimated to vary anywhere from 5 to 9 years with the associated probabilities as shown in the table below. If an interest rate of 10% is used, what is the expected EUAC for this equipment? Life, Years 5 6 7 8 9 Probability 0.3 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 $66,460 $55,970 $62,960 $58,206.2

Plot the logarithm of arrivals for each transportation mode against time, all on the same graph. Which now appears to be growing the fastest?

Bell Greenhouses has estimated its monthly demand for potting soil to be the following: N=400+4X where N=monthlydemandforbagsofpottingsoil X=timeperiodsinmonths(March2006=0) Assume this trend factor is expected to remain stable in the foreseeable future. The following table contains the monthly seasonal adjustment factors, which have been estimated using actual sales data from the past five years: Forecast Bell Greenhouses demand for potting soil in March, June, August, and December 2007. If the following table shows the forecasted and actual potting soil sales by Bell Greenhouses for April in five different years, determine the seasonal adjustment factor to be used in making an April 2008 forecast.

If a government gains from unexpected inflation when it borrows, why would it choose to offer indexed bands?

Investors sometimes fear that a high-risk investment is especially likely to have low returns. Is this fear true? Does a high risk mean the return must be low?

What is deflation?

Why might it be difficult for a buyer and seller to agree on a price when imperfect information exists?

A firm experienced the demand shown in the following table. *Unkown future value to be forecast Fill in the table by preparing forecasts based on a five-year moving average, a three-year moving average, and exponential smoothing (with a w=0.9 and a w=0.3). Note The exponential smoothing forecasts may be begun by assuming Y t+1=Yt. Using the forecasts from 2005 through 2009, compare the accuracy of each of the forecasting methods based on the RMSE criterion. Which forecast would you have used for 2010? Why?