Howard weiss, inc,. is considering building a sensitive new radiation scanning device. his managers believe that there is a probability of 0.35 that the atr co. will come out with a competitive product. if weiss adds an assembly line for the product and atr co. does not follow with a competitive product, weiss's expected profti is $60,000; if weiss adds an assembly line and atr follows suit, weiss still expects $20,000 profit. if weiss adds a new plant addition and atr does not produce a competitive product, weiss expects a profit of $600,000; if atr does compete for this market, weiss expects a loss of $120,000.a) expected value for the add assembly line option=expected value for the build new plant option=the alternative that provides weiss the greatest expected monetary value(emv) isthe value of the return under this decision isb) the expected value of perfect information (evpi) for weiss=

Guardian inc. is trying to develop an asset-financing plan. the firm has $450,000 in temporary current assets and $350,000 in permanent current assets. guardian also has $550,000 in fixed assets. assume a tax rate of 40 percent. a. construct two alternative financing plans for guardian. one of the plans should be conservative, with 70 percent of assets financed by long-term sources, and the other should be aggressive, with only 56.25 percent of assets financed by long-term sources. the current interest rate is 12 percent on long-term funds and 7 percent on short-term financing. compute the annual interest payments under each plan.

Lo.2, 3, 9 lori, who is single, purchased 5-years class property for $200,00 and 7-years class property for $420,000 on may 20, 2018. lori experts the taxable income derived form the business (without regard to the amount expensed under ⧠179) to be about $550,000. lori has determined that she should elect immediate ⧠179 expensing in the amount of $520,000, but she doesn’t know which asset she should completely expense under ⧠179. she does not claim any available additional first-year depreciation. a. determine lori’s total cost recovery deduction if the ⧠179 expense is first taken with respect to the 5-year class asset. b. determine lori’s total cost recovery deduction if the ⧠179 expense is first taken with respect to the 7-year class asset. c. what is your advice for lori? d. assume that lori is in the 24% marginal tax bracket and that she uses ⧠179 on the 7-year asset. determine the present value of the tax savings from the depreciation deductions for both assets. see appendix g for present value factors, and assume a 6% discount rate. e. assume the same facts as in part (d), except that lori decides not to use ⧠179 on either asset. determine the present value of the tax savings under this choice. in addition, determine which option lori should choose. f. present your solution to parts (d) and (e) of the problem in a spreadsheet using appropriate microsoft excel formulas. e-mail your spreadsheet to your instructor with a two-paragraph summary of your findings.

Choose all that apply. a financially-responsible person has a budget has no plan spends less than they make pays for everything with a credit card saves their money pays bills on time