ACME Coal paid $5,000 to lease a railcar from the Reading Railroad. Under the
terms of the lease, $1,000 of this payment is refundable if the railcar is returned within
two days of signing the lease.
a. Upon signing the lease and paying $5,000, how large are ACME’s fixed costs? Its
sunk costs?
b. One day after signing the lease, ACME realizes that it has no use for the railcar. A
farmer has a bumper crop of corn and has offered to sublease the railcar from ACME at
a price of $4,500. Should ACME accept the farmer’s offer
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