Rodrigo operates a dry-cleaning service and charges customers $5 per article of clothing. based on his knowledge of operations, the 1,000th piece of clothing costs him $4.95 to dry clean. if he takes additional business, however, the 1,001st piece will cost $5 for the service. does he take the additional business? a. no, he has hidden costs that far exceed his estimate of $5, so he loses money. b. no, taking on additional business doesn’t earn him any money. c. yes, if he turns away business, his service will be forced to close. d. maybe. if a competitor is accepting that many customers, he must at least equal that amount. e. yes. at a $5 cost, he breaks even and is indifferent. he necessarily turns away business when the cost of the additional unit exceeds the income.

On january 2, 2018, bering co. disposes of a machine costing $34,100 with accumulated depreciation of $18,369. prepare the entries to record the disposal under each of the following separate assumptions. exercise 8-24a part 2 2. the machine is traded in for a newer machine having a $50,600 cash price. a $16,238 trade-in allowance is received, and the balance is paid in cash. assume the asset exchange has commercial substance.

John and daphne are saving for their daughter ellen's college education. ellen just turned 10 at (t = 0), and she will be entering college 8 years from now (at t = 8). college tuition and expenses at state u. are currently $14,500 a year, but they are expected to increase at a rate of 3.5% a year. ellen should graduate in 4 years--if she takes longer or wants to go to graduate school, she will be on her own. tuition and other costs will be due at the beginning of each school year (at t = 8, 9, 10, and 11).so far, john and daphne have accumulated $15,000 in their college savings account (at t = 0). their long-run financial plan is to add an additional $5,000 in each of the next 4 years (at t = 1, 2, 3, and 4). then they plan to make 3 equal annual contributions in each of the following years, t = 5, 6, and 7. they expect their investment account to earn 9%. how large must the annual payments at t = 5, 6, and 7 be to cover ellen's anticipated college costs? a. $1,965.21b. $2,068.64c. $2,177.51d. $2,292.12e. $2,412.76

What business practice contributed most to andrew carnegie’s ability to form a monopoly?