Shelton Co. purchased a parcel of land six years ago for $876,500. At that time, the firm invested $148,000 in grading the site so that it would be usable. Since the firm wasn't ready to use the site itself at that time, it decided to lease the land for $55,500 a year. The company is now considering building a warehouse on the site as the rental lease is expiring. The current value of the land is $928,000.
Required:
1. What value should be included in the initial cost of the warehouse project for the use of this land?
a) $876,500b) $928,000c) $0d) $1,024,500e) $1,076,000

Ardmore farm and seed has an inventory dilemma. they have been selling a brand of very popular insect spray for the past year. they have never really analyzed the costs incurred from ordering and holding the inventory and currently fave a large stock of the insecticide in the warehouse. they estimate that it costs $25 to place an order, and it costs $0.25 per gallon to hold the spray. the annual requirements total 80,000 gallons for a 365 day year.a. assuming that 10,000 gallons are ordered each time an order is placed, estimate the annual inventory costs.b. calculate the eoq.c. given the eoq calculated in part b., how many orders should be placed and what is the average inventory balance? d. if it takes seven days to receive an order from suppliers, at what inventory level should ardmore place another order?