One year ago, the Jenkins Family Fun Center deposited $5,000 in an investment account for the purpose of buying new equipment four years from today. Today, they are adding another $6,800 to this account. They plan on making a final deposit of $9,000 to the account next year. How much will be available when they are ready to buy the equipment, assuming they earn a 8% rate of return?
A. $26,145.01
B. $26,891.15
C. $26,892.29
D. $27,935.37
E. $25,320.92

The production manager of rordan corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter units to be produced 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour. required: 1. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

)a business incurs the following costs per unit: labor $125/unit, materials $45/unit, and rent $250,000/month. if the firm produces 1,000,000 units a month, calculate the following: a. total variable costs b. total fixed costs c. total costs

What is the difference between the contractual interest rate and the market interest rate?