Chris has three options for settling an insurance claim. option a will provide $1,500 a month for 6 years. option b will pay $1,025 a month for 10 years. option c offers $85,000 as a lump sum payment today. the applicable discount rate is 6.8 percent, compounded monthly. which option should chris select, and why, if he is only concerned with the financial aspects of the offers? a) option a: it provides the largest monthly payment. b) option b: it pays the largest total amount. c) option c: it is all paid today. d) option b: it pays the greatest number of payments. e) option b: it has the largest value today.

Afirm plans to begin production of a new small appliance. the manager must decide whether to purchase the motors for the appliance from a vendor at $10 each or to produce them in-house. either of two processes could be used for in-house production; process a would have an annual fixed cost of $200,000 and a variable cost of $7 per unit, and process b would have an annual fixed cost of $175,000 and a variable cost of $8 per unit. determine the range of annual volume for which each of the alternatives would be best. (round your first answer to the nearest whole number. include the indifference value itself in this answer.)

Which career pathways require workers to train at special academies? a.emts and emergency dispatchers b.crossing guards and lifeguards c.police officers and firefighters d.lawyers and judges

Northern lights electronics just completed plans to distribute its new tablet. the product has several unique features that differentiate it from competitor products. the marketing team plans to begin a roll-out with to only one traditional retailer for the first two months. this strategy will give consumers the perception of the product’s stand-out personality and increase demand. marketing will proceed with for the next four months, where it plans to distribute to three other retailers, as well. for the last six months of the year, it will initiate distribution agreements with discount retailers and online retailers, and any other electronics store that wants to carry it. the marketing team is confident that the tablet will cycle through the first three stages of its product life cycle quickly. as the tablet reaches maturity during the second half of its first year in the market, it is good strategy to proceed with as described above. intensive distribution; selective distribution; exclusive distribution exclusive distribution; selective distribution; intensive distribution tertiary level distribution; secondary level distribution; mono-level distribution mono-level distribution; secondary level distribution; tertiary level distribution