How has the introduction of these markets, technologies and resources affected the lifestyle of the people of Cuba

Answer:

he economy of Cuba is a largely planned economy dominated by state-run enterprises. The government of Cuba owns and operates most industries and most of the labor force is employed by the state. Following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the ruling Communist Party of Cuba encouraged the formation of worker co-operatives and self-employment. However, greater private property and free market rights were granted by the 2019 Constitution.[10][11] It has also been acknowledged that foreign market investment in various Cuban economic sectors increased before 2019 as well.[12][13]

As of 2000, public-sector employment was 76% and private-sector employment (mainly composed of self-employment) was 23% - compared to the 1981 ratio of 91% to 8%.[14] Investment is restricted and requires approval by the government. The government sets most prices and rations goods to citizens. In 2016 Cuba ranked 68th out of 182 countries, with a Human Development Index of 0.775, much higher than its GDP per capita rank (95th).[15]As of 2012, the country's public debt comprised 35.3% of GDP, inflation (CDP) was 5.5%, and GDP growth was 3%.[16]

Housing and transportation costs are low. Cubans receive government-subsidized education, healthcare and food subsidies.[17]

The country achieved a more even distribution of income after the Cuban Revolution of 1953–1959,[citation needed] which was followed by an economic embargo by the United States (1960- ). During the Cold War period, the Cuban economy was heavily dependent on subsidies from the Soviet Union, valued at $65 billion in total from 1960 to 1990 (over three times as the entirety of U.S. economic aid to Latin America), an average of $2.17 billion a year.[18] This accounted for anywhere between 10% and 40% of Cuban GDP, depending on the year.[19] While the massive Soviet subsidies did enable Cuba's enormous state budget, they did not lead to a more advanced or sustainable Cuban economy; although described by economists as "a relatively highly developed Latin American export economy" in 1959 and the early 1960s, Cuba's basic economic structure changed very little between then and 1990. Tobacco products such as cigars and cigarettes were the only manufactured products among Cuba's leading exports, and even these were produced by a preindustrial process. The Cuban economy remained inefficient and over-specialized in a few highly subsidized commodities provided by the Soviet bloc countries.[20] Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba's GDP declined by 33% between 1990 and 1993, partially due to the loss of Soviet subsidies[21] and a crash in sugar prices in the early 1990s. It rebounded in the early 2000s due to a combination of marginal liberalization of the economy and heavy subsidies from the friendly government of Venezuela, which provided Cuba with low-cost oil and other subsidies worth up to 12% of Cuban GDP annually.[22] Cuba retains high levels of healthcare and education.[23]

Contents

1 History

1.1 Before the Revolution

1.2 Cuban Revolution

1.3 Special Period

1.4 Recovery

1.5 Post-Fidel reforms

1.5.1 International debt negotiations

2 Sectors

2.1 Energy production

2.1.1 Energy sector

2.2 Agriculture

2.3 Industry

2.4 Services

2.4.1 Tourism

2.4.2 Retail

2.5 Finance

2.6 Foreign investment and trade

2.7 Currencies

2.8 Private businesses

3 Wages, Development, and Pensions

4 Public facilities

5 Connection with Venezuela

6 Economic freedom

7 Taxes and revenues

8 See also

9 References

9.1 Citations

9.2 Sources

10 External links

History

Before the Revolution

Although Cuba belonged to the high-income countries of Latin America since the 1870s, income inequality was high, accompanied by capit

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During the current year, Merkley Company disposed of three different assets. On January 1 of the current year, prior to the disposal of the assets, the accounts reflected the following:
Asset Original Cost Residual Value Estimated Life Accumulated Depreciation (straight line)
Machine A $ 39,000 $ 3,000 6 years $ 24,000 (4 years)
Machine B 53,000 4,000 8 years 36,750 (6 years)
Machine C 76,900 5,200 17 years 50,612 (12 years)
The machines were disposed of during the current year in the following ways:
a. Machine A: Sold on January 1 for $14,500 cash.
b. Machine B: Sold on December 31 for $10,725; received cash, $2,300, and a $8,425 interest-bearing (12 percent) note receivable due at the end of 12 months.
c. Machine C: On January 1, this machine suffered irreparable damage from an accident. On January 10, a salvage company removed the machine at no cost.
Required:
Give all journal entries related to the disposal of each machine in the current year.
a. Machine A.
b. Machine B.
c. Machine C.

Your supervisor has come to you with the following list of expenditures for the year and is asking you whether they should be capitalized or expensed as repairs and maintenance. Indicate all of the expenditures that would most appropriately be capitalized.
1. Re-painted the office building.
2. Added a new wing onto the office building.
3. Took their fleet of cars in for servicing (changing the oil, etc.).
4. Added newer electronic locks on the doors in the production building.
5. Had an engine rebuilt in one of their fleet cars.

Emily Lim owns and runs an ice cream parlor in San Diego. Last year, she had sales of $430,000 and an average tax rate of 34%. She spent $43,000 on ingredients, $21,500 on utilities, and $77,400 to rent the premises Emily has a few employees and paid them $86,000 in wages in total. She also paid herself a salary of $64,500 and spent $43,000 to pay for employee benefits A few years ago, Emily borrowed money to buy the ice making equipment. Last year, she paid $21,500 in interest on that loan. Depreciation for the equipment was $12,900 .
1. What was operating income (EBIT) for the year?
2. What was net income for the year?

You would expect a bond of the U.S. government and a bond of an Eastern European government to pay different interest rates because of differences in the bonds_____.
You would expect a bond that pays the principal in year 2040 and a bond that pays the principal in year 2020 to pay_____interest rates because of differences in the bonds.
You would expect a bond from a software company you run in your garage and a bond from Coca-Cola to pay different interest rates because of differences in the bonds_____.
You would expect a bond issued by New York State to pay_____interest rate as compared to a bond issued by the federal government.

A financial institution where the users are the owners and generally share a common bond are known as

Wingate Company, a wholesale distributor of electronic equipment, has been experiencing losses for some time, as shown by its most recent monthly contribution format income statement, which follows:Sales $1,584,000Variable expenses $610,020Contribution margin $973,980Fixed expenses $1.071,000Net operating income (loss) $(97,020)In an effort to isolate the problem, the president has asked for an income statement segmented by division. Accordingly, the Accounting Department has developed the following information:East DivisionSales $434,000Variable expenses as a percentage of sales 53%Traceable fixed expenses $261,000Central DivisionSales $650,000Variable expenses as a percentage of sales 20%Traceable fixed expenses $357,000West DivisionSales $500,000Variable expenses as a percentage of sales 50%Traceable fixed expenses $204,0001. Prepare a contribution format income statement segmented by divisions, as desired by the president.2-a. As a result of a marketing study, the president believes that sales in the West Division could be increased by 14% if monthly advertising in that division were increased by $29,000. Calculate the incremental net operating income.2-b. Would you recommend the increased advertising?

Newland Company reported retained earnings at December 31, 2019, of $310,000. Newland had 200,000 shares of common stock outstanding at the beginning of 2020. Determine retained earnings balance. The following transactions occurred during 2020.
1. An error was discovered. In 2015, depreciation expense was recorded at $70,000, but the correct amount was $50,000.
2. A cash dividend of $0.50 per share was declared and paid.
3. A 5% stock dividend was declared and distributed when the market price per share was $15 per share.
4. Net income was $285,000.
Prepare a retained earnings statement for 2020.

You purchase 15 shares of Initech stock at $25 per share. Later, you sell your shares when the price is $30 per share.
What is your dollar return? (Answer should be just a number. Do not include a dollar symbol.)

High Tech Manufacturing manufactures 256GB SD cards​ (memory cards for mobile​ phones, digital​ cameras, and other​ devices). Price and cost data for a relevant range extending to​ 200,000 units per month are as​ follows:


Sales price per unit: (current monthly sales volume is 120,000 units) $25

Variable costs per unit:
Direct materials 6.60
Direct labor 7.70
Variable manufacturing overhead 2.40
Variable selling and administrative expenses 1.90

Monthly fixed expenses:
Fixed manufacturing overhead 241,900
Fixed selling and administrative expenses 327,900

Required:
a. What is the company's contribution margin per unit? Contribution margin percentage? Total contribution margin?
b. What would the company's monthly operating income be if the company sold 160,000 units?
c. What would the company's monthly operating income be if the company had sales of
d. What is the breakeven point in units? In sales dollars?
e. How many units would the company have to sell to earn a target monthly profit of $260,100?
f. Management is currently in contract negotiations with the labor union. If the negotiations fail, direct labor costs will increase by 10% and fixed costs will increase by S22,500 per month. If these costs increase, how many units will the company have to sell each month to break even?
g. Return to the original data for this question and the rest of the questions. What is the company's current operating leverage factor (round to two decimals)?
h. If sales volume increases by 7%, by what percentage will operating income increase?
i. What is the company's current margin of safety in sales dollars? What is its margin of safety as a percentage of sales?

Rosenthal Company manufactures bowling balls through two processes: Molding and Packaging. In the Molding Department, the urethane, rubber, plastics, and other materials are molded into bowling balls. In the Packaging Department, the balls are placed in cartons and sent to the finished goods warehouse. All materials are entered at the beginning of each process. Labor and manufacturing overhead are incurred uniformly throughout each process. Production and cost data for the Molding Department during June 2020 are presented below.
Production Data
June
Beginning work in process units 0
Units started into production 22,660
Ending work in process units 2,060
Percent complete—ending inventory 40 %
Cost Data
Materials $203,940
Labor 55,208
Overhead 116,184
Total $375,332
Prepare a schedule showing physical units of production.

The Excellent Agency specializes in developing advertising campaigns for smaller retail clients. Excellent is hired by Shadowleaf Shoes, a small regional chain of six shoe stores, to develop a slogan and specific ads to be used in a three-month newspaper campaign. Shadowleaf’s marketing director, Manuel Margolis, is adamant while meeting with Excellent's account executive, Kia Chin, that the campaign must be catchy and modern to appeal to a target audience that has an active lifestyle and is between the ages of 18 and 35. More importantly, Margolis wants the slogan to be memorable and unique. Kia Chin, representing Excellent, develops a campaign and presents it to Margolis. The campaign is based on the slogan "Do What You Do in a Shadowleaf Shoe." Visuals depict men’s legs—different sizes, skin colors, etc.—walking, jogging, dancing, and otherwise moving in every type of Shadowleaf’s shoes. Margolis feels that this campaign will target young male consumers, but will also get the attention of others regarding the comfort of the shoes, raising awareness of the Shadowleaf brand. After running the ads, the Excellent Agency wins an advertising effectiveness award. It seems that the surprising and appealing visuals gave the slogan unexpectedly positive social meaning for people of all ages, not just men aged 18 to 35. When Manuel Margolis insists on a measuring stick for the creativity of the campaign, what will the Xcellent Agency tell him, if Kia Chin is smart?
A. "The award alone proves that this ad is loaded with creativity."
B. "If people like the ad, they’ll buy the product."
C. "We met the technical standards for this advertising effort."
D. "Great brands do more than just get attention, they make emotional connections."

The value of a share of common stock depends on the cash flows it is expected to provide, and those flows consist of the dividends the investor receives each year while holding the stock and the price the investor receives when the stock is sold. The final price includes the original price paid plus an expected capital gain. The actions of the marginal investor determine the equilibrium stock price. Market equilibrium occurs when the stock's price is -Select-less thanequal togreater thanCorrect 1 of Item 1 its intrinsic value. If the stock market is reasonably efficient, differences between the stock price and intrinsic value should not be very large and they should not persist for very long. When investing in common stocks, an investor's goal is to purchase stocks that are undervalued (the price is -Select-abovebelowequivalent toCorrect 2 of Item 1 the stock's intrinsic value) and avoid stocks that are overvalued.
The value of a stock today can be calculated as the present value of -Select-a finitean infiniteCorrect 3 of Item 1 stream of dividends:
This is the generalized stock valuation model. We will now look at 3 different situations where we can adapt this generalized model to each of these situations to determine a stock's intrinsic value:
1. Constant Growth Stocks;
2. Zero Growth Stocks;
3. Nonconstant Growth Stocks.
Constant Growth Stocks:
For many companies it is reasonable to predict that dividends will grow at a constant rate, so we can rewrite the generalized model as follows:
This is known as the constant growth model or Gordon model, named after Myron J. Gordon who developed and popularized it. There are several conditions that must exist before this equation can be used. First, the required rate of return, rs, must be greater than the long-run growth rate, g. Second, the constant growth model is not appropriate unless a company's growth rate is expected to remain constant in the future. This condition almost never holds for -Select-maturestart-upCorrect 4 of Item 1 firms, but it does exist for many -Select-maturestart-upCorrect 5 of Item 1 companies.
Which of the following assumptions would cause the constant growth stock valuation model to be invalid?
The growth rate is zero.
The growth rate is negative.
The required rate of return is greater than the growth rate.
The required rate of return is more than 50%.
None of the above assumptions would invalidate the model.
-Select-Statement aStatement bStatement cStatement dStatement eCorrect 6 of Item 1
Quantitative Problem 1: Hubbard Industries just paid a common dividend, D0, of $1.60. It expects to grow at a constant rate of 2% per year. If investors require a 10% return on equity, what is the current price of Hubbard's common stock? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round intermediate calculations.
$ per share
Zero Growth Stocks:
The constant growth model is sufficiently general to handle the case of a zero growth stock, where the dividend is expected to remain constant over time. In this situation, the equation is:
Note that this is the same equation developed in Chapter 5 to value a perpetuity, and it is the same equation used to value a perpetual preferred stock that entitles its owners to regular, fixed dividend payments in perpetuity. The valuation equation is simply the current dividend divided by the required rate of return.
Quantitative Problem 2: Carlysle Corporation has perpetual preferred stock outstanding that pays a constant annual dividend of $2.00 at the end of each year. If investors require an 10% return on the preferred stock, what is the price of the firm's perpetual preferred stock? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round intermediate calculations.
$ per share
Nonconstant Growth Stocks:
For many companies, it is not appropriate to assume that dividends will grow at a constant rate. Most firms go through life cycles where they experience different growth rates during different parts of the cycle. For valuing these firms, the generalized valuation and the constant growth equations are combined to arrive at the nonconstant growth valuation equation:
Basically, this equation calculates the present value of dividends received during the nonconstant growth period and the present value of the stock's horizon value, which is the value at the horizon date of all dividends expected thereafter.
Quantitative Problem 3: Assume today is December 31, 2013. Imagine Works Inc. just paid a dividend of $1.15 per share at the end of 2013. The dividend is expected to grow at 15% per year for 3 years, after which time it is expected to grow at a constant rate of 6% annually. The company's cost of equity (rs) is 9.5%. Using the dividend growth model (allowing for nonconstant growth), what should be the price of the company's stock today (December 31, 2013)? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round intermediate calculations.
$ per share

Support Department Cost Allocation-Direct Method Charlie's Wood Works produces wood products (e.g., cabinets, tables, picture frames, and so on). Production departments include Cutting and Assembly. The Janitorial and Security departments support the Cutting and Assembly departments. The Assembly Department spans about 42,560 square feet and holds assets valued at about $77,520. The Cutting Department spans about 33,440 square feet and holds assets valued at about $126,480. Charlie's Wood Works allocates support department costs using the direct method. If costs from the Janitorial Department are allocated based on square feet and costs from the Security Department are allocated based on asset value.
a. Determine the percentage of Janitorial costs that should be allocated to the Assembly Department.
b. Determine the percentage of Security costs that should be allocated to the Cutting Department.

The Moto Hotel opened for business on May 1, 2017. Here is its trial balance before adjustment on May 31.

MOTO HOTEL Trial Balance May 31, 2017

Debit Credit
Cash $2,403
Supplies 2,600
Prepaid Insurance 1,800
Land 14,903
Buildings 70,000
Equipment 16,800
Accounts Payable $4,603
Unearned Rent Revenue 3,300
Mortgage Payable 36,000
Common Stock 59,903
Rent Revenue 9,000
Salaries and Wages Expense 3,000
Utilities Expense 800
Advertising Expense 500
$112,806 $112,806

Other data:
1. Insurance expires at the rate of $450 per month.
2. A count of supplies shows $1,160 of unused supplies on May 31.
3. (a) Annual depreciation is $3,480 on the building. (b) Annual depreciation is $2,880 on equipment.
4. The mortgage interest rate is 6%. (The mortgage was taken out on May 1.)
5. Unearned rent of $2,580 has been earned.
6. Salaries of $760 are accrued and unpaid at May 31.

Required:
Journalize the adjusting entries on May 31.

The following selected accounts from the Bramble Corp.’s general ledger are presented below for the year ended December 31, 2022:

Advertising expense $54,000 Interest revenue $32,000
Common stock 249,000 Inventory 66,000
Cost of goods sold 1,084,000 Rent revenue 24,000
Depreciation expense 124,000 Retained earnings 534,000
Dividends 149,000 Salaries and wages expense 674,000
Freight-out 24,000 Sales discounts 8,600
Income tax expense 69,000 Sales returns and allowances 43,000
Insurance expense 15,000 Sales revenue 2,399,000
Interest expense 69,000

Required:
Prepare a multiple-step income statement BRAMBLE CORP.

What do you need to provide in order to get secured credit?
A. An asset
B. A co-signer
C. A credit card
D. A tax refund

Fechter Corporation had the following stockholders’ equity accounts on January 1, 2020: Common Stock ($5 par) $500,000, Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par—Common Stock $200,000, and Retained Earnings $100,000. In 2020, the company had the following treasury stock transactions.

Mar. 1 Purchased 5,000 shares at $8 per share.
June 1 Sold 1,000 shares at $12 per share.
Sept. 1 Sold 2,000 shares at $10 per share.
Dec. 1 Sold 1,000 shares at $7 per share.

Fechter Corporation uses the cost method of accounting for treasury stock. In 2020, the company reported net income of $30,000.

Required:
Journalize the treasury 2020, for net income.

Alameda Manufacturing manufactures a variety of wooden picture frames using recycled wood from old barns. Alameda Manufacturing has reported the following costs for the previous year. Assume no production inventories.Advertising………………………………………………………………….. $25,600Cost of hardware (hangers, decorations, etc)…………….… $42,300Cost of wood…………………………………………………………..... .$121,200Depreciation on production equipment…………………….... $32,000Factory property taxes……………………………………………….....$15,500Factory rent……………………………………………………………..….. $50,000Glue……………………………………………………………………...…….… $3,030Production supervisor salary…………………………………….. $41,200Sales manager salary…………………………………………………. $41,500Utilities for factory………………………………………………………. $27,800Wages for maintenance workers.......................................$33,200Wages of assembly workers..............................................$87,400Wages of finishing workers...............................................$74,100A compute the direct material cost 1a.____ $163,500 _______Compute the direct labor cost. 1b.________ $161,500 ________Compute the manufacturing overhead. 1c.____ $232,730 ______Compute the total manufacturing cost. 1d.____ $557,730 _____Compute the prime cost. 1e_________$325,000 ______Compute the conversion cost. 1f.____ $394,230 _____Compute the total period cost 1g.____ $67,100 ________

In its first year of operations, Pharoah Company recognized $34,000 in service revenue, $8,100 of which was on account and still outstanding at year-end. The remaining $25,900 was received in cash from customers. The company incurred operating expenses of $17,100. Of these expenses, $12,940 were paid in cash; $4,160 was still owed on account at year-end. In addition, Pharoah prepaid $2,780 for insurance coverage that would not be used until the second year of operations.
Calculate the first year’s net earnings under the cash basis of accounting, and the first year’s net earnings under the accrual basis of accounting.
Cash Basis Accrual Basis
Net Income $enter net income in dollars $enter net income in dollars

Moreno Motors Inc. identifies that bikers are usually the first users of their newly launched products. The firm sends consultants to biker rallies to discover how bikers who use Moreno motorcycles modify them to extend their usage, as well as the desired benefits. Recent visits revealed that bikers were seeking items, such as bolt-on chrome products, horsepower performance enhancers, and improved braking systems in Moreno motorcycles. In this example, Moreno Motors Inc. is studying which of the following groups of customers?
a) lead users.
b) mainstream customers.
c) laggards.
d) captive customers.
e) spinners.

When your roommate does not consider your external costs in the absence of external costs from playing music, the number of hours played is

McNulty, Inc., produces desks and chairs. A new CFO has just been hired and announces a new policy that if a product cannot earn a margin of at least 30 percent, it will be dropped. The margin is computed as product gross profit divided by reported product cost.Manufacturing overhead for year 1 totaled $799,000. Overhead is allocated to products based on direct labor cost. Data for year 1 show the following:
Chairs DesksSales revenue $1,240,000 $2,286,900Direct materials 587,000 830,000Direct labor 150,000 320,000Required:a-1. Based on the CFO's new policy, calculate the profit margin for both chairs and desks.Profit marginChairs ?%Desks ?%a-2. Which of the two products should be dropped?ChairsDesksb. Regardless of your answer in requirement (a), the CFO decides at the beginning of year 2 to drop the chair product. The company cost analyst estimates that overhead without the chair line will be $680,000. The revenue and costs for desks are expected to be the same as last year. What is the estimated margin for desks in year 2? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 1 decimal place.)Estimated margin for desks- Year 2 ?%

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Use the May 31 fiscal year-end information from the following ledger accounts (assume that all accounts have normal balances).
General Ledger
M. Muncel, Capital Acct. No. 301 Salaries Expense Acct. No. 622
Date PR Debit Credit Balance Date PR Debit Credit Balance
May 31 G2 88,000 May 31 G2 44,000
M. Muncel, Withdrawals Acct. No. 302 Insurance Expense Acct. No. 637
Date PR Debit Credit Balance Date PR Debit Credit Balance
May 31 G2 63,000 May 31 G2 5,460
Services Revenue Acct. No. 401 Rent Expense Acct. No. 640
Date PR Debit Credit Balance Date PR Debit Credit Balance
May 31 G2 155,056 May 31 G2 11,520
Depreciation Expense Acct. No. 603 Income Summary Acct. No. 901
Date PR Debit Credit Balance Date PR Debit Credit Balance
May 31 G2 21,000
Required:
1. Prepare closing journal entries from the above ledger accounts.
2. Post the above entries to their respective ledger accounts in the order entered under Part 1.

Superior Micro Products uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. During January, the Delta Assembly Department completed its processing of 26,800 units and transferred them to the next department. The cost of beginning work in process inventory and the costs added during January amounted to $662,560 in total. The ending work in process inventory in January consisted of 4,000 units, which were 50% complete with respect to materials and 30% complete with respect to labor and overhead. The costs per equivalent unit for the month were as follows:
Materials Labor Overhead
Cost per equivalent unit $12.70 $4.00 $6.60
Required:1. Compute the equivalent units of materials, labor, and overhead in the ending work in process inventory for the month.2. Compute the cost of ending work in process inventory for materials, labor, overhead, and in total for January.3. Compute the cost of the units transferred to the next department for materials, labor, overhead, and in total for January.4. Prepare a cost reconciliation for January.

This program consists of three lottery-funded scholarships for Florida high school graduates who demonstrate high academic achievement and enroll in eligible Florida public or private postsecondary institutions.

Financial Aid
Florida Pre-Paid College Plan
College Board
Bright Futures Scholarship

From a customer's perspective, what are the skills and qualifications that service employees in both large and small organizations must possess

The maintenance director has grown to value your insights and thoughtful questions when preparing bid packets to support her team's best work. As it turns out, her predecessor verbally modified the LED lights' model ordered by your employer when the original, awarded bid reponse included the model number for LEDs noted by the maintenance staff--that were not compatible with the fixtures of the company buildings/structures. When the maintenance director asks your opinion about her plan to amend the existing contract with the LED supplier to the model numbers actually used, as opposed to the ones listed in the contract that are not compliant with the existing features. That's what they have been doing so you should probably amend the contract as the director suggests, and you will save more time (no rebidding) and money (no additional modifications to the facility) than rebidding.

a. True
b. False

You want your longtime employees to make sure their retirement plans are best suited for their career stages. You think that most employees make wise investment choices when they join the company. However, you find that few employees make adjustments to their retirement plans as they advance in their careers. You are particularly concerned about employees who have worked at the company for more than ten years and haven't updated their retirement packages. Which of the following statements is most likely to persuade longtime employees to attend the presentation about retirement planning?

a. Choose a retirement package that best matches your career stage. At this presentation,we'll tell you how we can help you manage your longevity risk on your retirement package.
b. Choose a retirement package that best matches your career stage. At this presentation,you'll learn how you can make sure you have enough money for as long as you live.
c. Don't miss this opportunity to maximize your retirement income. At this presentation, we'lltell you how we can help you manage your longevity risk on your retirement package.

A project manager is faced with the following activities and times associated with a building construction for a cancer research facility. Each activity can be crashed at most by 2 weeks. The cost associated with each week time reduction is given below. (note: The 1st crash and 2nd crash costs are associated with the first and second time that a specific activity is crashed. So, if you crash Activity A once, the cost is $9,000, if you have to crash Activity A a second time, the cost is $9,500)

Crash Costs
Activity Immediate Predecessor Normal Time (weeks) 1st crash 2nd crash

A 3 $9,000 $9,500
B A 6 $3,500 $6,000
C А 7 $4,000 $5,000
D B 7 $4,500 $6,000
E C 5 $7,000 $7,500
F D,E 8 $10,000 $12,000
G F 2 $14,000 $16,000

What is the minimum cost to crash this project by 2 weeks?

a. $12,000
b. $9,000
c. $16,000
d. $3,500