Paul swanson has an opportunity to acquire a franchise from the yogurt place, inc., to dispense frozen yogurt products under the yogurt place name. mr. swanson has assembled the following information relating to the franchise:

a) a suitable location in a large shopping mall can be rented for $3,500 per month.
b) remodeling and necessary equipment would cost $270,000. the equipment would have a 15-year life and an $18,000 salvage value. straight-line depreciation would be used, and the salvage value would be considered in computing depreciation.
c) based on similar outlets elsewhere, mr. swanson estimates that sales would total $300,000 per year. ingredients would cost 20% of sales.
d) operating costs would include $70,000 per year for salaries, $3,500 per year for insurance, and $27,000 per year for utilities. in addition, mr. swanson would have to pay a commission to the yogurt place, inc., of 12.5% of sales.

required: 1. prepare a contribution format income statement that shows the expected net operating income each year from the franchise outlet. 2-a.

compute the simple rate of return promised by the outlet. 2-b. if mr. swanson requires a simple rate of return of at least 12%, should he acquire the franchise

Imagine us is a startup that offers high definition 3d prenatal ultrasounds for high-end customers. the service process includes four activities that are conducted in the sequence described below. (the time required for each activity is shown in parentheses): activity 1: welcome a patient and explain the procedure. (20 minutes)activity 2: prep the patient (e.g., show them to the room, apply ultrasound gel). (17 minutes) (*your id number represents the amount of time needed to complete this task)activity 3: take images. (5 minutes)activity 4: discuss diagnostic with patient. (20 minutes)at each location there are employees (servers) s1, s2, and s3. the assignment of tasks to servers is the following: s1 does activities 1 and 2.s2 does activity 3.s3 does activity 4.a. what is the capacity of this process (in customers per hour)? b. suppose 3 patients arrive every hour on average. ignoring any “start of day” or “end of day” effects, what are the utilizations of all three servers (%)? c. suppose each activity can be done by any server and any server can do any set of activities. however, each activity is done by only one server. for example, a possible assignment includes: s1 does activity 1, s2 does activity 2, and s3 does activities 3 and 4. of course, the original assignment of servers to activities is also feasible. what is the maximum capacity of the process (in customers per hour)? d. now consider the capacity measures in (c) and (a), what is the percentage change? why can you improve capacity without using additional resources? (there is no free lunch, right? )note: for all hw assignments, show your process of getting the results. only providing the final answers is not acceptable and will get 0%. if necessary, use a separate sheet of paper to show your work.