Hickock mining is evaluating when to open a gold mine. the mine has 39,200 ounces of gold left that can be mined, and mining operations will produce 5,600 ounces per year. the required return on the gold mine is 10 percent, and it will cost $33.6 million to open the mine. when the mine is opened, the company will sign a contract that will guarantee the price of gold for the remaining life of the mine. if the mine is opened today, each ounce of gold will generate an aftertax cash flow of $1,360 per ounce. if the company waits one year, there is a 55 percent probability that the contract price will generate an aftertax cash flow of $1,560 per ounce and a 45 percent probability that the aftertax cash flow will be $1,260 per ounce. what is the value of the option to wait?

Which one of the following is most apt to align management's priorities with shareholders' interests? compensating managers with shares of stock that must be held for a minimum of three years holding corporate and shareholder meetings at high-end resort-type locations preferred by managers increasing the number of paid holidays that long-term employees are entitled to receive allowing employees to retire early with full retirement benefits paying a special management bonus on every fifth year of employment

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12. to produce a textured purée, you would use a/an a. food processor. b. wide-mesh sieve. c. immersion blender d. food mill.