7. Another example of opportunity cost is a company's cost of capital. Suppose a manufacturer wants to add microwave ovens to its product line. To do this, it must invest $500,000 in new equipment.

Besides the original investment, the company estimates it would spend $200,000 per year on production
costs for labor and materials. It also estimates that it could sell about $225,000 worth of microwave ovens
each year. Would it benefit the company to manufacture the microwave ovens if it could earn 10 percent
interest by purchasing U. S. Treasury bonds with the $500,000? Explain your answer.

For many years, kellogg's frosted flakes, a ready-to-eat breakfast cereal, was perceived as a cereal for children. tony the tiger, a cartoon character, extolled frosted flakes, and advertisements depicted children enjoying the product with tony in competitive situations. recently, in response to declining sales of frosted flakes, the cereal maker has adopted a new series of advertisements that show adults admitting that they enjoy frosted flakes, too. kellogg's is attempting to

Compute the cost of not taking the following cash discounts. (use a 360-day year. do not round intermediate calculations. input your final answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Analyzing and computing accrued warranty liability and expense waymire company sells a motor that carries a 60-day unconditional warranty against product failure. from prior years' experience, waymire estimates that 2% of units sold each period will require repair at an average cost of $100 per unit. during the current period, waymire sold 69,000 units and repaired 1,000 units. (a) how much warranty expense must waymire report in its current period income statement? (b) what warranty liability related to current period sales will waymire report on its current period-end balance sheet? (hint: remember that some units were repaired in the current period.) (c) what analysis issues must we consider with respect to reported warranty liabilities?