Anderson Manufacturing Co., a small fabricator of plastics, needs to purchase an extrusion molding machine for $150,000. They will borrow money from the bank at 7% interest over five years. Since they expect sales to be slow during the first year, but to increases at an annual rate of 10% a year, the company arranges with the bank to pay off the loan using a "balloon scale" which results in the lowest payment at the end of the first year, and each subsequent payment will be 10% higher than the previous payment. What is the size of the first payment on the loan

"in the electricity industry, low average total costs are obtained only through large-scale production. in other words, the initial cost of setting up all the necessary wiring makes it risky and, most likely, unprofitable for competitors to enter the market. throughout much of the 20th century, many people viewed south africa’s de beers group as a monopoly because it controlled a large percentage of diamond production and sales. patents are granted to inventors of a product or process for a certain number of years. the reason for this is to encourage innovation in the economy. without the existence of patents, it is argued, research and development for improved electronics is unlikely to take place, since there’s nothing preventing another firm from stealing the idea, copying the product, and producing it without incurring the devel opment costs."which of the following best explains the barriers to entry that exist in this scenario? increasing returns to scale legal barriers exclusive ownership of a necessary resource