Q1. A company selling widgets advertises through three types of media: print, television and internet. Recently the company has decided to increase its advertising budget by $100,000. In order to determine where the additional money should be spent, the company increased print advertising for a month by $5,000 and attracted 50 new customers. The following month, the print advertising was decreased back to its original level and television advertising was increased by $20,000 and attracted 175 new customers. In the third month, television advertising was decreased to its original level and internet advertising was increased by $2,500 and attracted 30 new customers.

1. Given this data, what can you say about where the $100,000 increase should go?

2. How would you check to determine if you made the correct decision?

Q2. Suppose a company has a WACC of 10% and is considering a project that initially costs $40,000 and will return $15,000 after the first year, $20,000 after the second year and $10,000 after the third year. There are no additional returns or costs for this project.

1. What is the NPV of this project?

2. Should the company undertake the project?