Smoothy Smoothies, a Florida- Based Chain That Sells Shakes, Juices

question 15

Essay

Smoothy Smoothies, a Florida- based chain that sells shakes, juices, salads, wraps, and soups, plans to develop franchises in central Tennessee. Each new store will require an initial investment of $270,000 and a monthly operating cost of $25,000. Each will have a
$78,500 salvage value after 5 years. The company also estimates that a new store will bring in revenue of $40,000 each month. Determine the acceptability of the investment if the company's minimum attractive rate of return is 8% per year, compounded monthly, using the annual worth analysis.

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

A statistical distribution that emerges from conducting numerous samples within a particular population base.

Sample Proportion

The ratio of members in a sample meeting a certain criterion to the total number of members in the sample, serving as an estimate of the population proportion.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Sample Size

Sample size refers to the number of observations or data points collected in a study.