The Owner of Firewood to Go Is Considering Buying a Hydraulic

question 172

Multiple Choice

The owner of Firewood To Go is considering buying a hydraulic wood splitter which sells for $50,000. He figures it will cost an additional $100 per cord to purchase and split wood with this machine, while he can sell each cord of split wood for $125. If, for this machine, design capacity is 50 cords per day, effective capacity is 40 cords per day, and actual output is anticipated to be 35 cords per day, what would be its utilization?

• A)100 percent
• B)80 percent
• C)75 percent
• D)70 percent
• E)0 percent

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