Quigley inc. is considering two financial plans for the coming year. management expects sales to be $600 comma 000, operating costs to be $455 comma 000, assets to be $300 comma 000, and its tax rate to be 30%. under plan a, quigley’s balance sheet would be comprised of 30% debt and 70% equity, and the interest rate on the debt would be 3%. under plan b, quigley's balance sheet would be comprised of 70% debt and 30% equity, and the interest rate on the debt would be 8%. sales, operating costs, assets, and the tax rate are not affected by amount of debt quigley uses. ignore non-debt liabilities such as accounts payable. compute roe under each alternative.

Anderson, a computer engineer, and spouse, who is unemployed, provide more than half of the support for their child, age 23, who is a full-time student and who earns $7,000. they also provide more than half of the support for their older child, age 33, who earns $2,000 during the year. how many dependents may the andersons claim on their joint tax return?

Specialization—the division of labor—enhances productivity and efficiency by a) allowing workers to take advantage of existing differences in their abilities and skills. b) avoiding the time loss involved in shifting from one production task to another. c) allowing workers to develop skills by working on one, or a limited number, of tasks. d)all of the means identified in the other answers.

Thomas kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large insurance company chain with a central inventory operation. thomas's fastest-moving inventory item has a demand of 6,000 units per year. the cost of each unit is $100, and the inventory carrying cost is $10 per unit per year. the average ordering cost is $30 per order. it takes about 5 days for an order to arrive, and the demand for 1 week is 120 units. (this is a corporate operation, and the are 250 working days per year.)a) what is the eoq? b) what is the average inventory if the eoq is used? c) what is the optimal number of orders per year? d) what is the optimal number of days in between any two orders? e) what is the annual cost of ordering and holding inventory? f) what is the total annual inventory cost, including cost of the 6,000 units?