Acme Steel Works produces 2000 tons of pig iron worth $20 per ton. It puts 500 tons of pig iron into storage for next year and uses the rest (1500 tons of pig iron) to produce 1000 tons of steel worth $60 per ton. The entire production of steel is then sold. Overall, in production, Acme pays wages of $25,000, it buys $20,000 worth of coal and $10,000 worth of vanadium, and pays $3,000 in business taxes.

Acme's contribution to GDP is:

$20,000.
$67,000
$70,000.
$100,000.
$40,000
$50,000.

Biochemical corp. requires $600,000 in financing over the next three years. the firm can borrow the funds for three years at 10.80 percent interest per year. the ceo decides to do a forecast and predicts that if she utilizes short-term financing instead, she will pay 7.50 percent interest in the first year, 12.15 percent interest in the second year, and 8.25 percent interest in the third year. assume interest is paid in full at the end of each year. a)determine the total interest cost under each plan. a) long term fixed rate: b) short term fixed rate: b) which plan is less costly? a) long term fixed rate plan b) short term variable rate plan