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Acme Manufacturing is looking to purchase a packaging machine for their widgets production line. The manufacturing engineer has identified two suppliers for the packaging machine, with estimated costs shown in the table below. The study period for this case is 10 years. You can assume repeatability and a MARR of 8%. The anticipated market value of a Pack-It-Up machine in year 10 is $6,500. Wrap-O-Matic Pack-It-Up Initial Cost $10,000 $22,500 Annual Maintenance  $500 $700 Annual Labor Savings $2,400 $2,400 Salvage Value $1,400 $2,900 Useful Life 5 years 15 years b. Which alternative would you recommend if “do nothing” was an option? Why?

Write about three sentences about each casem in which you mention a specific fact or two from each of the videos about (a) the OJ Simpson murder trial, (b) the Boston Bombing trial and (c) the Trevone Boykin case, or write Have Not Watched as your answer if you haven’t watched all three videos.

Abigail is an accountant who races stock cars as a hobby. This year Abigail was paid a salary of $80,000 from her employer and won $2,000 in various races. Assume that Abigail itemizes her deductions.What is the effect of the racing activities on Abigail’s taxable income if Abigail has also incurred $4,200 of hobby expenses this year?

Which statement describes the experiences of Mexican Americans during the 1930s?

In the 1920s, professional baseball

Which technological development ultimately led Hitler to withdraw the infamous U-boats from the North Atlantic?

Which statement describes the outcome of the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act on Native Americans?

Which guiding idea formed the basis for New Deal policies?

Why did American scientists start to develop a superbomb in 1942?

According to Map 24.2: Electoral Shift, 1928–1932, which states were most likely to have voted Democrat in both the 1928 and 1932 elections? electoral.jpg