The plant manager may purchase a piece of unusual machinery for $10,000. its resale value after 1 year is estimated to be $3000. because the device is sought by antique collectors, resale value is rising $500 per year. the maintenance cost is $300 per year for each of the first 3 years, and then it is expected to double each year. thus the fourth-year maintenance will be $600; the fifth-year maintenance, $1200, and so on. based on a 15% before-tax marr, what life of this machinery has the lowest euac?

Turtle corporation produces and sells a single product. data concerning that product appear below: per unit percent of sales selling price $ 150 100 % variable expenses 75 50 % contribution margin $ 75 50 % the company is currently selling 5,600 units per month. fixed expenses are $194,000 per month. the marketing manager believes that a $5,300 increase in the monthly advertising budget would result in a 190 unit increase in monthly sales. what should be the overall effect on the company's monthly net operating income of this change?