Answer:
The answer is A) Rational self-interest because he is attempting to increase his own income by identifying and satisfying someone else's wants.
Explanation:
Traditional economic theory is based on three fundamentals, the first one being we are all rational consumers or suppliers.
Alex is trying to earn some money, completely rational and intelligent. He is able to do it by satisfying his neighbors´ need for lawn mowing.
Is he greedy? Probably yes, but he is still rational. No one is forced to pay his fee, so his also rational neighbors will decide if the price is correct or not. Those who believe the price is correct will hire him. If someone believes his is charging too much and that they can offer the same service for a lesser price, should show up and offer their cheaper services.
Can people who buy a 25 million dollar car be considered irrational? No they can´t, because for them is probably an investment or they simply have tons of money and like extremely expensive cars. What one person considers expensive may be considered cheap by someone else.
Answer:
a. It is not a fair deal for me.
The question is how much is $1,000 today when received in 12 months' time from now. The present value of $1,000 at 5% effective interest rate is $952 ($1,000 * 0.952). The other repayment of $1,100 in 2 years' time from now is worth $997.70 today at the 5% effective interest rate. This implies that my friend is repaying me $1,949.70 in present value terms.
For friendship sake, I may lend her the money, but in economic analysis terms, the NPV value will yield a negative value of $50.30 ($2,000 - $1,949.70). My friend is not actually paying me back the amount I would lend to her. She is paying me less than I actually would lend to her.
b. Cash Flow Diagram:
Year 1 Year 2
F1 F2
$1,000 $1,100 (Inflows)
Fo⇵.................⇵.......................⇵...........................⇵n period
Year 0
$2,000 (outflows)
Explanation:
The cash flow diagram for this loan is the graphical representation of the timing of the cash flows with a clear marking of the repayments made by my best friend in two instalments and the $2,000 that I lent to her. This cash flow diagram presents the flow of cash as arrows on a timeline scaled to the magnitude of the cash flow, where outflows are down arrows and inflows are up arrows.
The Net present value (NPV) of this loan shows the difference between the present value of repayments by my best friend and the present value of $2,000 that I lent to her over a period of 2 years. To obtain this difference, the present values of cash inflows of $1,000 in a year's time and $1,100 in two years' time are determined using the discount factor table based on the given interest rate of 5%.
Answer:
CHEESE FACTORY INCORPORATED
Income Statement
For the Year Ended August 31, 2015
Revenues:
Sales revenue $1,738,000
Total revenue $1,738,000
Expenses
Salaries and wages expense $975,000
Office expenses $115,000
Utilities expense $550,000
Total expenses <u>$1,640,000</u>
Net income <u>$98,000</u>
CHEESE FACTORY INCORPORATED
Statement of Retained Earnings
For the Year Ended August 31, 2015
Retained earnings, beginning $414,000
Add: Net income $98,000
Less: Dividends <u>$14,000 </u>
Retained earnings, ending <u>$498,000</u>
Answer:
Lead time needed is approximately 1 day
Explanation:
In this question, we are asked to calculate the maximum number of lead days needed by a manufacturer to give a supplier
We proceed as follows;
They want to be able to fully supply the customer at least 50 out of the 52 weeks.
Mathematically; service probability = 50/52 = 0.96 or 96%
At 96% service level value of Z = 1.75
Standard deviation of daily demand (σd) = 50 units
Safety stock = 100 units
Suppose lead time = L
Safety stock = Z × σ d × √L
100 = 1.75 × 50 × √L
=100 = 87.5 × √L
√L = 100/87.5
√L = 1.142857142
L = 1.142857142^2
L = 1.306122448
