john's 8minusyearminusold chevrolet trail blazer requires repairs estimated at $ 8 comma 000 to make it road worthy again. his wife, sherry, suggested that he should buy a 5minusyearminusold used jeep grand cherokee instead for $ 8 comma 000 cash. sherry estimated the following costs for the two cars: trail blazer grand cherokee acquisition cost $ 25 comma 000 $ 8 comma 000 repairs $ 8 comma 000 long dash annual operating costs (gas, maintenance, insurance) $ 2 comma 680 $ 1 comma 800 what should john do? what are his savings in the first year?

Lavage rapide is a canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near montreal. the following table provides data concerning the company’s costs: fixed cost per month cost per car washed cleaning supplies $ 0.70 electricity $ 1,400 $ 0.07 maintenance $ 0.15 wages and salaries $ 4,900 $ 0.30 depreciation $ 8,300 rent $ 1,900 administrative expenses $ 1,400 $ 0.03 for example, electricity costs are $1,400 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. the company expects to wash 8,000 cars in august and to collect an average of $6.50 per car washed. the actual operating results for august appear below. lavage rapide income statement for the month ended august 31 actual cars washed 8,100 revenue $ 54,100 expenses: cleaning supplies 6,100 electricity 1,930 maintenance 1,440 wages and salaries 7,660 depreciation 8,300 rent 2,100 administrative expenses 1,540 total expense 29,070 net operating income $ 25,030 required: calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for august.

Consider two similar industries, portal crane manufacturing (pcm) and forklift manufacturing (flm). the pcm industry has exactly three incumbents with annual sales of $800 million, $200 million and $100 million, respectively. the flm industry has also exactly three incumbents, with annual sales of $500 million, $450 million and $400 million, respectively. which industry is more likely to experience a higher level of rivalry?

Gdp has grown in a country at 3% per year for the last 20 years. the labor force has grown at 2% per year and the quantity of physical capital has grown at 4% per year. a 1% increase in average physical capital per worker (other things equal) raises productivity by 0.3%. average education has not changed. how much has growing physical capital per worker contributed to productivity growth in this country? choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. answer choices 0.3% 0.6% 3.0% 6.0%