Zach took $400,000 out of the bank and used it to start his new cookie business. the bank account pays 3 percent interest per year. during the first year of his business, zach sold 6,000 boxes of cookies for $2.50 per box. also, during the first year, the cookie business incurred costs that required outlays of money amounting to $9,000.zach's accounting profit for the year . $-494,000.b. $-6,000.c. $6,000.d. $12,000.

An office manager is concerned with declining productivity. despite the fact that she regularly monitors her clerical staff four times each day—at 9: 00 am, 11: 00 am, 1: 00 pm, and again at 3: 00 pm—office productivity has declined 30 percent since she assumed the helm one year ago. would you recommend that the office manager invest more time monitoring the productivity of her clerical staff? explain.

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out

Leon and sara are arguing over when the best time is to degrease soup. leon says that it's easiest to degrease soup when it's boiling. sara says it's easiest to degrease soup when it's cold. who is correct? a. neither leon nor sara is correct. b. leon is correct. c. both leon and sara are correct. d. sara is correct. student b   incorrect which following answer correct?