You are purchasing an equipment for $ 200,000 for your new store. assume the store has no other expenses or revenues other than those associated with this project. you are going to purchase an additional $ 12,500 of inventory for production with the new equipment and set up a cash account with a $ 2,000 balance. the inventory purchase will result in an account payable of $ 4,500. the firm's tax rate is 20%. what is the net cash flow at time zero?

An attorney came to work on a saturday. when he signed in, he was advised by the morning security guard employed by the building management that he must be out of the building by 5 p.m., when it closes. however, he stayed past 5 p.m. to complete a brief that had to be filed on monday morning. at 5: 15 p.m., the afternoon security guard set the locks on all the doors of the building and left. because she was in a hurry, she did not check the sign-in sheet to make sure that everyone had signed out, contrary to mandatory procedures. when the attorney tried to exit 15 minutes later, he discovered that the doors were all locked and could not be opened from the inside. he used his cell phone to call for , and a supervisor from the building arrived and let him out shortly thereafter. if the attorney sues the building management for false imprisonment, is he likely to win?