Lightening bulk company is a moving company specializing in transporting large items worldwide. the firm has an 85% on-time delivery rate. thirteen percent of the items are misplaced and the remaining 2% are lost in shipping. on average, the firm incurs an additional $65 per item to track down and deliver misplaced items. lost items cost the firm about $300 per item. last year, the firm shipped 6,000 items with an average freight bill of $200 per item shipped. the firm’s manager is considering investing in a new scheduling and tracking system costing $125,000 per year. the new system is expected to reduce misplaced items to 1% and lost items to 0.5%. furthermore, the firm expects total sales to increase by 10% with the improved service. the average contribution margin ratio on any increased sales volume, after cost savings associated with a reduction in misplaced and lost items, is expected to be 37.5%.required: 1a. based on a relevant cost analysis, should the firm install the new tracking system? yesno1b. what is the estimated change in pretax cash flow under the proposed system?

The bonds issued by the south foot bear a coupon rate of 7.5 percent, payable semiannually. the bonds mature in 6.5 years, sell at par, and have a $1,000 face value. what is the yield to maturity

Who is better at multi-tasking? in business, employees are often asked to perform a complex task when their atten-tion is divided (i. e., multi-tasking). human factors (may 2014) published a study designed to determine whether video game players are better than non–video game play-ers at multi-tasking. each in a sample of 60 college stu-dents was classified as a video game player or a non-player. participants entered a street crossing simulator and were asked to cross a busy street at an unsigned intersec-tion. the simulator was designed to have cars traveling at various high rates of speed in both directions. during the crossing, the students also performed a memory task as a distraction. two variables were measured for each student: (1) a street crossing performance score (measured out of 100 points) and (2) a memory task score (measured out of 20 points). the researchers found no differences in either the street crossing performance or memory task score of video game players and non-gamers. “these results,” say the researchers, “suggest that action video game players [and non-gamers] are equally susceptible to the costs of dividing attention in a complex task”

Allie and sarah decided that they want to purchase renters insurance for the apartment they share. they made a list of all of the items to be covered by the insurance policy, along with their estimated values. if the items to be covered total more than $3000, the insurance company charges an annual premium of 23% of the total value of the items. if the items to be covered total $3000 or less, the insurance company charges an annual premium of 20% of the total value of the items.