During the three-month period, the plant is not able to produce anything because it shut down. Hence, its variable cost is equal to zero, however, during this period, the fixed cost is still greater than zero because of the process that needs to be done in order to ensure that once the plant is restarted.
For the reason stated above, the most likely answer to this item is the first choice.
Answer:
$70
Explanation:
The opportunity cost is the value in which the advantage is produced from the options available. The best gain is term as the opportunity cost
In the question, it is given that the offered price is $70 and the yesterday price is $30 which was paid which terms as a sunk cost. This cost is not useful for decision making as well as for computing the opportunity cost also
So, only $70 would be considered
Given:
Future value, F=60508.29
Monthly payment, A = 165
Compounding period = month
Number of periods, n = 12*12=144
interest per period = i [ to be found ]
We have the relationship
F=A((1+i)^n-1)/i
but there is no explicit formula for i for given F, A and n.
We need to solve a non-linear equation for the value of i, the monthly interest rate.
One of the ways is to solve it by fixed iteration, i.e.
1. using the given relation, express i in terms of other parameters.
2. select an initial value of i
3. evaluate i according the equation in step 1 until the value is stable.
Here we will use the relationship to express
i=((60508.29*i)/165+1)^(1/144)-1 [ notice that i is on both sides of = sign ]
using an initial value of i=0.01 (about 1% per month).
Successively, we get
i=((60508.29*0.01)/165+1)^(1/144)-1=0.01075571
i=((60508.29*0.01075571)/165+1)^(1/144)-1=0.011160681, similarly
i=0.0113685
i=0.0114728
i=0.0115246
i=0.0115502
i=0.0115628
i=0.0115690
i=0.0115720
Assuming the above has stablilized, and the APR is 12 time the above value, namely
Annual percentage rate = 0.01157205998210142*12=0.13886=13.89%
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