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Grant, (2017), simplifies the diagram. He states that the results can be fetched from the last column. The pattern of the movement is derived from the average total cost (ATC). At first the cost starts dipping from US$ 13000 till it reaches US$11850 in the cell H8. From H9 it again starts increasing. This cost at which the ATC is lowest in a particular year (after which it starts increasing again) gives the optimum replacement period and cost of the vehicle and thus H5. The Replacement Theory…

Capital market theory is a description and the prediction of the progression of the capital. Capital market theory is used to measure the returns wanted by investors and the intrinsic risks involved; it is model that is used to price assets and most commonly used is to price shares. It is most definitely important response to financial judgment making. Besides that, Capital market theory develops a model for all unsafe assets and ads on the portfolio theory. For the development of capital market…

Xtreme Second Run cinema ‘n’ café 1.1 Objectives • The company projects to make sales of about £600K minimum within the first year and by year 3, a minimum of a million. • It projects a work-forces costs less than £300K in the first year. • To break even by end of 3rd quarter of the year. 1.2 Mission Xtreme Second Run cinema ‘n’ café operation is to set up a new cinema experience for its customers that will be so thrilling and refreshing with the aim of making them return as much as possible and…

1. Define a flexible budget. Provide an example of how a flexible budget is used in the real world. A flexible budget consists of adjusting expenditures according to the evolution of real incomes. So we get a budget with real results. The flexible budget is restructured according to activity levels, which is why it is a good performance evaluation tool and useful for any planning. Just like its good odds the flexible budget has its disadvantages as well. It may be a good tool but…

Gift Giving – Among Hobbits it’s custom for the one who is celebrating their birthday to give presents to their guests. A theory I favour is that this custom has its origins from when the Hobbits still dwelled in the upper vales of the river Anduin and Sméagol (later called Gollum) murdered his brother over the One Ring. The details of that story were lost to the Hobbits, but the custom remained to remember that giving is always better than taking. Nori, of course, doesn’t have a clue about any…

Net present value (NPV) The net present value method is the delegate of a discounted cash flow method and the dynamic investment appraisal (Rudolf, 2008). It stand for the value increase to the business by the investment or the project ("Why Net Present Value Leads to Better Investment Decisions than Other Criteria", n.d.). It is evaluation is an effective method of economic evaluation of investments. (Erményi, n.d.). This measure demonstrate the difference between the costs and the benefits…

Logistic Growth model with Periodic Harvesting Finally we assume seasonal breeding for the elephant population and model the population growth under periodic harvesting. This model is now periodic since the time dependent term has a periodic function. In this model r, K and are nonnegative parameters and H > 0. In this model H denotes the contribution of the sine function to the growth of the population under the logistic growth model with periodic harvesting. Parameter ω represents the…

differences between the two including the Past, Present, and Future of his Christmases. In the play A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by three spirits that show him Past Christmases, present Christmases, and future Christmases. In Past, Scrooge is shown his old boss Fezziwig and how he stopped their work to hold a dance on Christmas. He is shown his younger sister Fan and how she wants him to move back home. In present, Scrooge sees his employee Cratchit’s…

acceptance society offers to a changed man. The first aspect of the story that emphasizes the potential of redemption is the guilt experienced by Scrooge, a seemingly corrupt man with no concept of mercy. Whilst Scrooge witnessed the scenes of his Past, Present, and Future, one may infer that such a cruel entity would disregard his wrongdoings. However, Scrooge not only took notice of his sins, but felt…

Investment As a potential franchise investor, there are a several pieces of financial information, key in deciding which franchise is the right investment. As provided by Entrepreneur magazine, the below table provides the essential financial investment information for Planet Fitness and Snap Fitness respectively (see Table 3): Table 3: Franchise Investment Comparison Planet Fitness Snap Fitness Total Investment $728,290 - $3,777,800 $109,525 - $285,620 Franchise Fee $10,000 $25,000 Ongoing…