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#42 Beloved Baby Company manufactures and sells​ children's strollers. Each stroller requires eight screws. For​ September,...

#42

Beloved Baby Company manufactures and sells​ children's strollers. Each stroller requires eight screws. For​ September, Beloved Baby Company will begin September with 400

screws in its beginning inventory. Beloved Baby Company has budgeted stroller sales of 540

​strollers, while 640

strollers are scheduled to be produced. How many screws should Beloved Baby Company purchase in​ September?

#43

Your wealthy neighbor has promised to give you $2,500

a year at the end of each of the next four years to help with college. Using a discount rate of 6​%,

the present value of the gift can be stated as

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stroller 1 8
1)
Particulars Amount
op bal 400
budget sales 540
to be produced 640
screws 8
total screws needed 5120
op bal 400
to be purchased 4720
(5120-400)
2)
No of year amount dis factor Present value
1 $2,500.00 0.943396226 $2,358.49
2 $2,500.00 0.88999644 $2,224.99
3 $2,500.00 0.839619283 $2,099.05
4 $2,500.00 0.792093663 $1,980.23
PVCI $8,662.76
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