Bailey, inc., is considering buying a new gang punch that would allow them to produce circuit boards more efficiently. the punch has a first cost of $135,000 and a useful life of 15 years. at the end of its useful life, the punch has no salvage value. labor costs would increase $4,500 per year using the gang punch, but raw material costs would decrease $15,500 per year. marr is 5%/year.

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Rate of return douglas keel, a financial analyst for orange industries, wishes to estimate the rate of return for two similar-risk investments, x and y. douglas's research indicates that the immediate past returns will serve as reasonable estimates of future returns. a year earlier, investment x had a market value of $27 comma 000; and investment y had a market value of $46 comma 000. during the year, investment x generated cash flow of $2 comma 025 and investment y generated cash flow of $ 6 comma 770. the current market values of investments x and y are $28 comma 582 and $46 comma 000, respectively. a. calculate the expected rate of return on investments x and y using the most recent year's data. b. assuming that the two investments are equally risky, which one should douglas recommend? why?