The economic problem means that, both individually and socially, we must make choices and that all choices have costs. Economists understand that costs are not only those that we pay in money (“explicit costs”), but also the costs of the things that we give up to get what we want (“implicit costs”). Let’s say that you have the choice of going to a movie for three hours with your friends (which costs a total of $15 for the ticket and snacks) OR you can babysit for the same time for $10 an hour. You choose to babysit. What are the TOTAL costs of this decision to you (don’t forget, costs are more than money, they are what you give up)? (Name and describe at least four.)

Reactive power generation has the following capital structure. its corporate tax rate is 40%. security market value required rate of return debt $ 30 million 4 % preferred stock 30 million 6 common stock 40 million 10 what is its wacc? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

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?

Stella company sells only two products, product a and product b. product a product b total selling price $50 $30 variable cost per unit $20 $10 total fixed costs $2,110,000 stella sells two units of product a for each unit it sells of product b. stella faces a tax rate of 40%. stella desires a net afterminustax income of $54,000. the breakeven point in units would be