Quantum logistics, inc., a wholesale distributor, is considering the construction of a new warehouse to serve the southeastern geographic region near the alabama-georgia border. there are three cities being considered. after site visits and a budget analysis, the expected income and costs associated with locating in each of the cities has been determined. the life of the warehouse is expected to be 12 years, and marr is 15%/year.

cityinitial costnet anual income
lagrange$1,260,000$480,000
auburn$1,000,000$410,000
anniston$1,620,000$520,000

a. what is the future worth of each site?
b. what is the future worth of each site based on future worth ranking?
c. which city should be recommended?

Suppose general motors demands labor according to the labor demand function 푤푤= 40−0. 5퐸퐸, where 푤푤 is the hourly wage and 퐸퐸 is the number of employees. the united auto workers union has a utility function given by 푈푈=푊푊∗퐸퐸. a.in 1984, the united auto workers union started negotiations with general motors by assuming that they were a monopoly union. find the wage and employment demands that the united auto workers union would have demanded before any bargaining began. b.if general motors and the united auto workers union both had excellent bargaining representatives, would this be the final labor contract? if not, then explain in words and graphically where they would end up after the bargaining process.

The prebisch–singer hypothesis concludes that: a. technology lowers the cost of manufactured products, so developing countries should see an increase in their terms of trade. b. developing countries experience a long-run decline in their terms of trade, as the demand for primary products in higher-income countries declines relative to their demand for manufactured goods. c. because of unfair trading practices, labor in developing countries is exploited. d. opec has been responsible for a slowdown in the world's standard of living.

Your uncle borrows $53,000 from the bank at 11 percent interest over the nine-year life of the loan. use appendix d for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. what equal annual payments must be made to discharge the loan, plus pay the bank its required rate of interest