1. If you borrow Current Debt in the first round, the interest rate will be 8.6% per year. The interest rate if you borrow Long Term Debt in the first round will be ­­­­___%. The brokerage fee for borrowing Current Debt is ___%. and for Long Term Debt it is __%.
2. If the straight time (1^st shift) labor cost per unit is $9, then the labor cost per unit for overtime (2^nd shift) is $_____. Given these costs, if the company produces a product that requires it to run a full second shift, the overall labor cost per unit will be equal to $______.
3. A high-tech product’s Dec. 31, 2023 age is 0.5 years according to the Foundation FastTrack. The firm undertakes R&D changing only size and/or performance to reposition the product. This R&D will be completed on June 30^th of 2025 (i.e., 18 month R&D project). The age of the product (the nearest tenth of a year) at the end of the year 2024 will be _________ years old.
4. A high-tech product’s Dec. 31 age is 1 year according to the Foundation FastTrack. The firm undertakes R&D changing only the MTBF of the product. This R&D will be completed on June 30 (i.e., 6 month R&D project) of the coming year. The age of the product (the nearest tenth of a year) on June 29 will be ________. The age of the product (the nearest tenth of a year) at the end of the coming year will be _________ years old.
5. A low-tech product’s Dec. 31 age is 2.5 years according to the Foundation FastTrack. The firm undertakes R&D changing only size and/or performance to reposition the product. This R&D will be completed on June 30 (i.e., 6 month R&D project) of the coming year. The age of the product (the nearest tenth of a year) on June 29 will be 2.5 The age of the product (nearest tenth of a year) at the end of the coming year will be _________ years old.