<span>Long ago in a distant land, I, Aku, the shapeshifting Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil! But a foolish Samurai warrior, wielding a magic sword, stepped forth to oppose me. Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal in time and flung him into the future, where my evil is law! Now the fool seeks to return to the past, and undo the future that is Aku</span>
Answer:
D.
Explanation:
Based on the scenario being described within the question it can be said that when allocating funds, the firm should probably assign the highest cost of capital to division Z because it is most likely the riskiest of the three divisions. This is because Division Z focuses on research and development which means that they might not actually discover or create something that can bring value to the company and is therefore highly risky.
Answer:
1. ANSWER: 20,000
2. ANSWER: $400,000
3. ANSWER: $28.45
Explanation:
1. If the average price for a new disposable cell phone is $20, and the total market potential for that product is $4 million;and Topco, Inc. has a planned market share of 10 percent. Then, Topco have the potential to sell in this market 10% * $4 million / $20 = 20,000 units of the proposed cell phone.
2. The planned market share in dollars is 10% * $4 million = $400,000
3. If Atlantic Car Rental charges $29.95 per day to rent a mid-size automobile. Pacific Car Rental, Atlantic's main competitor, just reduced prices on all its car rentals. In response, Atlantic reduced its prices by 5 percent.
Now Atlantic's new cost of rental for mid-size cars is: 95% of $29.95 = $28.45
Answer: The Japanese companies invest in Brazil in order to cut cost.
Explanation:
Since Brazil is one of the world's lowest-cost producers of ethanol and soybeans. Japanese corporations investing heavily in Brazil to lease large tracts of land to grow soybeans for export to Japan, are doing this in order to minimize their cost.
Growing soyabeans in Brazil is cheaper since there's a lower cost of producing it when compared to the higher cost of producing it in Japan. This in turn, helps the Japanese companies reduce their cost as the cost of factor Input is reduced and also the Japanese companies can make more profit.