Foggy optics, inc. makes laboratory microscopes. setting up each production run costs $ 15000. insurance costs, based on the average number of microscopes in the warehouse, amount to $20 per microscope per year. storage costs, based on the maximum number of microscopes in the warehouse, amount to $20 per microscope per year. suppose that the company expects to sell 2000 microscopes at a fairly uniform rate throughout the year. determine the number of production runs that will minimize the overall expenses for the company.

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Slow ride corp. is evaluating a project with the following cash flows: year cash flow 0 –$12,000 1 5,800 2 6,500 3 6,200 4 5,100 5 –4,300 the company uses a 11 percent discount rate and an 8 percent reinvestment rate on all of its projects. calculate the mirr of the project using all three methods using these interest rates.

Solomon chemical company makes three products, b7, k6, and x9, which are joint products from the same materials. in a standard batch of 320,000 pounds of raw materials, the company generates 70,000 pounds of b7, 150,000 pounds of k6, and 100,000 pounds of x9. a standard batch costs $3,840,000 to produce. the sales prices per pound are $10, $14, and $20 for b7, k6, and x9, respectively. (a) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base. (b) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using market value as the allocation base. (c) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base.