Quigley inc. is considering two financial plans for the coming year. management expects sales to be $600 comma 000, operating costs to be $455 comma 000, assets to be $300 comma 000, and its tax rate to be 30%. under plan a, quigley’s balance sheet would be comprised of 30% debt and 70% equity, and the interest rate on the debt would be 3%. under plan b, quigley's balance sheet would be comprised of 70% debt and 30% equity, and the interest rate on the debt would be 8%. sales, operating costs, assets, and the tax rate are not affected by amount of debt quigley uses. ignore non-debt liabilities such as accounts payable. compute roe under each alternative.

What do economists mean when they use the latin expression ceteris paribus?

The owners of backstreets italian restaurant are considering starting a delivery service forpizza and their other italian dishes in the small college town where they are located. theycan purchase a used delivery van and have it painted with their name and logo for $21,500.they can hire part-time drivers who will work in the evenings from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. for$8 per hour. the drivers are mostly college students who study at the restaurant when theyare not making deliveries. during the day, there are so few deliveries that the regular employeescan handle them. the owners estimate that the van will last 5 years (365 days per year)before it has to be replaced and that each delivery will cost about $1.35 in gas and othermaintenance costs (including tires, oil, scheduled service, they also estimate that onaverage each delivery order will cost $15 for direct labor and ingredients to prepare andpackage, and will generate $34 in revenue.a. how many delivery orders must backstreets make each month in order for the service to break even? b. the owners believe that if they have approximately the break-even number of deliveries during the week, they will at least double that number on fridays, saturdays, and sundays. if that’s the case, how much profit will they make, at a minimum, from their delivery service each month (4 weeks per month)?

*will mark brainliest! * when a company spends resources (labor, money) to give customers "free" items, those costs are called a. investment costs b. economic costs c. scarcity costs d. opportunity costs answer asap!