On January 1, 2021, The Barrett Company purchased merchandise from a supplier. Payment was a noninterest-bearing note requiring five annual payments of $28,000 on each December 31 beginning on December 31, 2021, and a lump-sum payment of $180,000 on December 31, 2025. An 8% interest rate properly reflects the time value of money in this situation. ((FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) Required: Calculate the amount at which Barrett should record the note payable and corresponding merchandise purchased on January 1, 2021. (Round your final answer to nearest whole dollar amount.)
Table values are based on: n= Cash Flow Amount Present Value Payments Lump Sum Amount recorded

Aproduction line has three machines a, b, and c, with reliabilities of .96, .86, and .85, respectively. the machines are arranged so that if one breaks down, the others must shut down. engineers are weighing two alternative designs for increasing the line’s reliability. plan 1 involves adding an identical backup line, and plan 2 involves providing a backup for each machine. in either case, three machines (a, b, and c) would be used with reliabilities equal to the original three. a. compute overall system reliability under plan 1. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability b. compute overall system reliability under plan 2. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability c. which plan will provide the higher reliability? plan2plan1