Consider the following limit order book for a share of stock. The last trade in the stock occurred at a price of $60. Limit Buy Orders Limit Sell Orders Price Shares Price Shares $59.75 600 $59.80 200 59.70 900 59.85 200 59.65 600 59.90 400 59.60 200 59.95 200 58.65 700 a. If a market buy order for 200 shares comes in, at what price will it be filled?

Dahlia enterprises needs someone to supply it with 127,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. it will cost you $940,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project’s life. you estimate that in five years, this equipment can be salvaged for $77,000. your fixed production costs will be $332,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $11.00 per carton. you also need an initial investment in net working capital of $82,000. if your tax rate is 30 percent and your required return is 11 percent on your investment, what bid price should you submit? (do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))