Premier steel, inc. is considering the purchase of a new machine for $100,000 that has a useful life of 3 years. the firm’s cost of capital is 11.0% and the tax rate is 40%. this machine will be sold for its salvage value of $20,000 at the end of 3-years. the machine will require an investment of $2,500 in spare parts inventory upon installation. the machine will cost $8,000 to ship and $4,000 to install and modify it. sales are as follows: year 1 = $90,000; year 2 = $97,500; year 3 = $105,000. operating expenses are year 1 = $25,000; year 2 = $27,000; year 3 = $29,000. the investment in working capital will be liquidated at termination of the project at the end of year 3. macrs rates 33% 45% 15% 7% using macrs, what is the operating cash flow in year 1?

Stella company sells only two products, product a and product b. product a product b total selling price $50 $30 variable cost per unit $20 $10 total fixed costs $2,110,000 stella sells two units of product a for each unit it sells of product b. stella faces a tax rate of 40%. stella desires a net afterminustax income of $54,000. the breakeven point in units would be

The usa today reports that the average expenditure on valentine's day is $100.89. do male and female consumers differ in the amounts they spend? the average expenditure in a sample survey of 47 male consumers was $135.67, and the average expenditure in a sample survey of 38 female consumers was $68.64. based on past surveys, the standard deviation for male consumers is assumed to be $34, and the standard deviation for female consumers is assumed to be $17.

1. alwaysrain irrigation, inc. would like to determine capacity requirements for the next four years. currently, two production lines are in place for making bronze and plastic sprinklers. three types of sprinklers are available in both bronze and plastic: 90-degree nozzle sprinklers, 180-degree nozzle sprinklers, and 360-degree nozzle sprinklers. management has forecast demand for the next four years as follows: both production lines can produce all the different types of nozzles. the bronze machines needed for the bronze sprinklers require two operators and can produce up to 12,000 sprinklers. the plastic injection molding machine needed for the plastic sprinklers requires four operators and can produce up to 200,000 sprinklers. three bronze machines and only one injection molding machine are available. what are the capacity requirements for the next four years? (assume that there is no learning.)