A company sold a piece of equipment during the current tax year for $78,600. The accounting records show that its cost basis, B, is $190,000 and the accumulated depreciation is $139,200. Assume that the effective income tax rate is 40%. The tax liabi..
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Project A has an NPV of $20,000 and a PI of 1.2. Project B has an NPV of $10,000 and a PI of 1.3. Both projects have equal lives. Which project should be preferred if we are NOT concerned with capital rationing (that is, we are NOT concerned with bei..
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You must evaluate a proposed spectrometer for the R&D department. The base price is $110,000, and it would cost another $27,500 to modify the equipment for special use by the firm. What are the project's annual cash flows in Years 1, 2, and 3? Round ..
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The 6-month, 12-month. 18-month, and 24-month zero rates are 4%, 4.5%, 4.75%, and 5% with semiannual compounding. What are the rates with continuous compounding? What is the forward rate for the six-month period beginning in 18 months?
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Suppose you plan to receive a cash flow (CF) of $11,186 at the end of eight years from today. Calculate the present value today of this CF if the rate of interest is 5.5-percent.
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You are considering a 3-year job offer. The job offers an annual salary of $48,000, $51,000, and $55,000 a year for the next three years, respectively. The offer also includes a starting bonus of $2,500 payable immediately. What is this offer worth t..
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A 15-year maturity bond with face value of $1,000 makes semiannual coupon payments and has a coupon rate of 12%. What is the bond’s yield to maturity if the bond is selling for $1,070?
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After deciding you want a new car, you can either lease the car or purchase it with a two-year loan. The car you want costs $34,000. The dealer has a special leasing arrangement where you pay $97 today and $497 per month for the next two years. If yo..
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Today is January 31, 2016. A woman decides that she is going to start saving for her child’s college tuition. Starting immediately (i.e., February 1, 2016), and continuing on the 1st day of each month thereafter until February 1, 2034, she decides to..
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A project that provides annual cash flows of $12,300 for 9 years costs $70,836 today. If the required return is 3 percent, the NPV for the project is $ _________ and you would accept the project. At a discount rate of _________ percent, you would be ..
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Your dad has promised to buy you a car on your graduation day. The one condition is that he wants you to put away enough money to pay for the expected maintenance costs for the first five years. Assume that the costs are paid at the end of each year ..
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An agribusiness has the opportunity to invest in new energy saving equipment that will generate annual savings of $150,000 per year for the next 28 years. The equipment costs $535,185. The firm normally earns 12 percent on its capital investments. De..
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