Mr. Nixon and Mr. Ryan are employed by HD Inc., which provides its employees with free parking. If the parking were not available, Mr. Nixon would pay $20 a month to a city garage. Mr. Ryan uses public transportation to commute. HD offers a complete family medical plan to its employees in which both Mr. Nixon and Mr. Ryan participate. Mr. Nixon’s family consists of five people, while Mr. Ryan is single. Consequently, Mr. Nixon’s annual cost of comparable medical insurance would be $16,400, and Mr. Ryan’s cost would be just $8,200. Assume that Mr. Nixon and Mr. Ryan cannot deduct their annual medical insurance premiums. Mr. Nixon has a 24 percent marginal tax rate. How much additional salary would he have to earn to provide himself with parking and medical insurance? Mr. Ryan has a 37 percent marginal tax rate. How much additional salary would he have to earn to provide himself with parking and medical insurance?

Suppose you win a small lottery and have the choice of two ways to be paid: you can accept the money in a lump sum or in a series of payments over time. if you pick the lump sum, you get $2,950 today. if you pick payments over time, you get three payments: $1,000 today, $1,000 1 year from today, and $1,000 2 years from today. 1) at an interest rate of 6% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 2) at an interest rate of 9% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 3) years after you win the lottery, a friend in another country calls to ask your advice. by wild coincidence, she has just won another lottery with the same payout schemes. she must make a quick decision about whether to collect her money under the lump sum or the payments over time. what is the best advice to give your friend? a) the lump sum is always better. b) the payments over time are always better. c) it will depend on the interest rate; advise her to get a calculator. d) none of these answers is good advice.

Suppose that alexi and tony can sell all their street tacos for $2 each and all their cuban sandwiches for $7.25 each. if each of them worked 20 hours per week, how should they split their time between the production of street tacos and cuban sandwiches? what is their maximum joint revenue?

In january, knox company requisitions raw materials for production as follows: job 1 $915, job 2 $1,590, job 3 $771, and general factory use $704. during january, time tickets show that the factory labor of $6,300 was used as follows: job 1 $2,344, job 2 $1,711, job 3 $1,554, and general factory use $691. prepare the job cost sheets for each of the three jobs.