On january 2, 2016, twilight hospital purchased a $100,000 special radiology scanner from bella inc. the scanner had a useful life of 4 years and was estimated to have no disposal value at the end of its useful life. the straight-line method of depreciation is used on this scanner. annual operating costs with this scanner are $105,000.approximately one year later, the hospital is approached by dyno technology salesperson, jacob cullen, who indicated that purchasing the scanner in 2016 from bella inc. was a mistake. he points out that dyno has a scanner that will save twilight hospital $25,000 a year in operating expenses over its 3-year useful life. jacob notes that the new scanner will cost $110,000 and has the same capabilities as the scanner purchased last year. the hospital agrees that both scanners are of equal quality. the new scanner will have no disposal value. jacob agrees to buy the old scanner from twilight hospital for $50,000.(c) explain why twilight hospital might be reluctant to purchase the new scanner, regardless of the results indicated by an incremental analysis.

The owners of backstreets italian restaurant are considering starting a delivery service forpizza and their other italian dishes in the small college town where they are located. theycan purchase a used delivery van and have it painted with their name and logo for $21,500.they can hire part-time drivers who will work in the evenings from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. for$8 per hour. the drivers are mostly college students who study at the restaurant when theyare not making deliveries. during the day, there are so few deliveries that the regular employeescan handle them. the owners estimate that the van will last 5 years (365 days per year)before it has to be replaced and that each delivery will cost about $1.35 in gas and othermaintenance costs (including tires, oil, scheduled service, they also estimate that onaverage each delivery order will cost $15 for direct labor and ingredients to prepare andpackage, and will generate $34 in revenue.a. how many delivery orders must backstreets make each month in order for the service to break even? b. the owners believe that if they have approximately the break-even number of deliveries during the week, they will at least double that number on fridays, saturdays, and sundays. if that’s the case, how much profit will they make, at a minimum, from their delivery service each month (4 weeks per month)?

Arnold rossiter is a 40-year-old employee of the barrington company who will retire at age 60 and expects to live to age 75. the firm has promised a retirement income of $20,000 at the end of each year following retirement until death. the firm's pension fund is expected to earn 7 percent annually on its assets and the firm uses 7% to discount pension benefits. what is barrington's annual pension contribution to the nearest dollar for mr. rossiter? (assume certainty and end-of-year cash flows.)

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