Acompany estimates that overhead costs for the next year will be $8,268,000 for indirect labor and $161,600 for factory utilities. the company uses machine hours as its overhead allocation base. if 400,000 machine hours are planned for this next year, what is the company's plantwide overhead rate? (round to two decimal places)
a. $21.07 per machine hour.
b. $26.07 per machine hour.
c. $.40 per machine hour.
d. $20.67 per machine hour.
e. $20.75 per machine hour

Technology corp. is considering a $238,160 investment in a new marketing campaign that it anticipates will provide annual cash flows of $52,000 for the next five years. the firm has a 6% cost of capital. what should the analysis indicate to the firm's managers?

If kroger had whole foods’ number of days’ sales in inventory, how much additional cash flow would have been generated from the smaller inventory relative to its actual average inventory position? round interim calculations to one decimal place and your final answer to the nearest million.

You are the manager of a large crude-oil refinery. as part of the refining process, a certain heat exchanger (operated at high temperatures and with abrasive material flowing through it) must be replaced every year. the replacement and downtime cost in the first year is $165 comma 000. this cost is expected to increase due to inflation at a rate of 7% per year for six years (i.e. until the eoy 7), at which time this particular heat exchanger will no longer be needed. if the company's cost of capital is 15% per year, how much could you afford to spend for a higher quality heat exchanger so that these annual replacement and downtime costs could be eliminated?