Acompany is considering an iron ore extraction project that requires an initial investment of $1,000,000 and will yield annual cash flows of $350,263 for 4 years. the company's hurdle rate is 9%. calculate irr. present value of an annuity of $1 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 15% 1 0.952 0.943 0.935 0.926 0.917 0.909 0.870 2 1.859 1.833 1.808 1.783 1.759 1.736 1.626 3 2.723 2.673 2.624 2.577 2.531 2.487 2.283 4 3.546 3.465 3.387 3.312 3.240 3.170 2.855 5 4.329 4.212 4.100 3.993 3.890 3.791 3.352 a. 15% b. 10% c. 18% d. 12%

Consider the local telephone company, a natural monopoly. the following graph shows the monthly demand curve for phone services and the company’s marginal revenue (mr), marginal cost (mc), and average total cost (atc) curves. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 price (dollars per subscription) quantity (thousands of subscriptions) d mr mc atc 8, 60 suppose that the government has decided not to regulate this industry, and the firm is free to maximize profits, without constraints. complete the first row of the following table. pricing mechanism short run long-run decision quantity price profit (subscriptions) (dollars per subscription) profit maximization marginal-cost pricing average-cost pricing suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to marginal cost. complete the second row of the previous table. suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to average total cost. complete the third row of the previous table. under average-cost pricing, the government will raise the price of output whenever a firm’s costs increase, and lower the price whenever a firm’s costs decrease. over time, under the average-cost pricing policy, what will the local telephone company most likely do

conquest, inc. produces a special kind of light-weight, recreational vehicle that has a unique design. it allows the company to follow a cost-plus pricing strategy. it has $9,000,000 of average assets, and the desired profit is a 10% return on assets. assume all products produced are sold. additional data are as follows: sales volume 1000 units per year; variable costs $1000 per unit; fixed costs $4,000,000 per year; using the cost-plus pricing approach, what should be the sales price per unit?

Edna gomez is the founder of the restaurant chain good and green. she ensures that the products in her stores are ethically and responsibly sourced. most products are therefore 100 percent organic and all packaging is manufactured from recycled material. also, her company sources ingredients from farms within 100 miles from her locations. edna's belief is that her restaurants should be able to support the community at large. which of the following terms best describes edna gomez? a. headhunter b. category captain c. social entrepreneur d. trade creditor