Washington Air Company is considering the purchase of a helicopter for connecting services between the company's base airport and the new intercounty airport being built about 30 miles away It is believed that the chopper will be needed only for six years until the Rapid Transit Connection is phased in. The estimates on two types of helicopters under consideration, the Whirl 2B and the ROT 8. are given below:

The Whirl 2B

First Cost $95,000

Annual Maintenance $3,000

Salvage Value $12,000

Useful Life 3 years

The ROT 8

First Cost $120,000

Annual Maintenance $9,000

Salvage Value $25,000

Useful Life 6 years

Assuming that the Whirl 2B will be available in the future with identical costs, what is the annual cost advantage of selecting the ROTX? (Use an interest rate of 10%.)

Why should organizations be allowed to promote offensive, violent, sexual, or unhealthy products that can be legally sold and purchased?

Suppose there are three types of consumers who attend concerts at your university’s performing arts center: students, staff, and faculty. each of these groups has a different willingness to pay for tickets; within each group, willingness to pay is identical. there is a fixed cost of $1,000 to put on a concert, but there are essentially no variable costs. for each concert: i. there are 140 students willing to pay $20. (ii) there are 200 staff members willing to pay $35. (iii) there are 100 faculty members willing to pay $50. a) if the performing arts center can charge only one price, what price should it charge? what are profits at this price? b) if the performing arts center can price discriminate and charge two prices, one for students and another for faculty/staff, what are its profits? c) if the performing arts center can perfectly price discriminate and charge students, staff, and faculty three separate prices, what are its profits?

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.