Horn Company is considering the purchase of a new machine for $108,000. The machine would replace an old piece of equipment that costs $41,830 per year to operate. The new machine would cost $25,720 per year to operate. The old machine currently in use can be sold for $9,500 if the new machine is purchased. The new machine would have a useful life of ten years with a $6,000 salvage value. Calculate the accounting rate of return on the machine that Horn Company is considering buying. Enter your answer as a number without the % symbol. For example, if your answer is 10%, simply enter 10 as your answer.

Amanufacturing firm is considering overhauling the existing compensation strategy. currently every front line employee who works on the assembly line earns the same hourly wage. ideally, management would like to institute a new pay system that involves pay-for-performance. which of the following recommendations is both consistent with scientific management's general emphases and generally good advice for management of this firma. the firm should adopt a differential pay system with one pay level for average performance, and a higher level for good performance. b. the firm should adopt a differential pay system, but the firm should modify it from its original design and provide many different levels of pay associated with different performance levels. c. the firm should understand worker psychology and to focus on pay as the key motivator. d. all of the abovee. none of the above