Greg's Tasty Ice Cream Is Considering Building a New Ice

question 52

Multiple Choice

Greg's Tasty Ice Cream is considering building a new ice cream factory that costs $8.3 million.The company accountants believe that,not accounting for interest costs,building the factory will increase profits by $5 million the first year,$4 million the second year and have no value thereafter.Greg's Tasty Ice Cream should build the factory if the interest rate is

• A)3% but not if it is 4%.
• B)4% but not if it is 5%.
• C)5% but not if it is 6%.
• D)6% but not if it is 7%.

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Definitions:

Planning Fallacy

A cognitive bias where people underestimate the time, costs, and risks of future actions while overestimating the benefits, leading to overly optimistic project timelines.

Fair Procedures

Practices and policies that are impartial, equitable, and just in decision-making processes or dispute resolutions.

Collective Information-processing Model

A model that describes how groups gather, share, and evaluate information to make decisions collectively.

Social Loafing

The phenomenon where individuals expend less effort when working in a group than when working alone.