Which alternatives can be eliminated immediately in the first step of incremental rate of return analysis, if MARR = 12.0%? Which increment should be examined first in incremental rate of return analysis, if MARR = 12.0%?
Do-nothing A B C D
First cost 0 $5,500 $3,500 $7,000 $3,500
Annual benefit 0 1,054 765 1,448 545
Life 10 yrs
ROR 14.0% 17.5% 16.0% 9.0%
Life 10 yrs
ROR 13.0% 17.0% 16.0% 10.5%
The answer choices are:.
B-A
A-B
B-C
A-C

Answer the following questions using the data given below. annual percent return on mutual funds (n = 17) last year (x) this year (y) 11.9 15.4 19.5 26.7 11.2 18.2 14.1 16.7 14.2 13.2 5.2 16.4 20.7 21.1 11.3 12.0 –1.1 12.1 3.9 7.4 12.9 11.5 12.4 23.0 12.5 12.7 2.7 15.1 8.8 18.7 7.2 9.9 5.9 18.9

What is the difference between total utility and marginal utility? a. marginal utility is subject to the law of diminishing marginal utility while total utility is not. b. total utility represents the consumer optimum while marginal utility gives the total utility per dollar spent on the last unit. c. total utility is the total amount of satisfaction derived from consuming a certain amount of a good while marginal utility is the additional satisfaction gained from consuming an additional unit of the good. d. marginal utility represents the consumer optimum while total utility gives the total utility per dollar spent on the last unit.

jackie's snacks sells fudge, caramels, and popcorn. it sold 12,000 units last year. popcorn outsold fudge by a margin of 2 to 1. sales of caramels were the same as sales of popcorn. fixed costs for jackie's snacks are $14,000. additional information follows: product unit sales prices unit variable cost fudge $5.00 $4.00 caramels $8.00 $5.00 popcorn $6.00 $4.50 the breakeven sales volume in units for jackie's snacks is