Harte Systems, Inc., a maker of electronic surveillance equipment, is considering selling to a well-known hardware chain the rights to market its home security system. The proposed deal calls for the hardware chain to pay Harte $30,000 and $25,000 at the end of years 1 and 2 and to make annual year- end payments of $15,000 in years 3 through 9. A final payment to Harte of $10,000 would be due at the end of year 10.

a. Lay out the cash flows involved in the offer on a time lin

b. If Harte applies a required rate of return of 12% to them, what is the present value of this series of payments?

c. A second company has offered Harte an immediate one-time payment of $100,000 for the rights to market the home security system. Which offer should harte accept?

Instructions are listed below.

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

The proposed deal calls for the hardware chain to pay Harte $30,000 and $25,000 at the end of years 1 and 2 and to make an annual year-end payments of $15,000 in years 3 through 9. The final payment to Harte of $10,000 would be due at the end of year 10.

1)

Cash flows:

Year 1= 30,000

Year 2= 25,000

Year 3= 15,000

Year 4= 15,000

Year 5= 15,000

Year 6= 15,000

Year 7= 15,000

Year 8= 15,000

Year 9= 15,000

Year 10= 10,000

2) To calculate the present value we need to use the following formula for each cash flow:

PV= FV/(1+i)^n

Year 1= 30,000/1.12= 26,785.71

Year 2= 25,000/1.12= 22,321.43

Year 3= 15,000/1.12= 13,392.86

Year 10= 10,000/1.12^10= 3,219.73

PV= $104,508.27

3) The present value of cash inflows is higher than $100,000. It is more convenient to decline the $100,000.

sound is invisible, but sometimes we can feel it. when a kettle-drum is thumped with a stick that time the tight drum skin moving up and down very quickly for some time and then it pumped sound waves into the air. loudspeakers also work in a similar manner.

components of a speaker:

electromagnet

in order to translate an electrical signal into an audible sound, an electromagnet is used in looudspeakers

  suspension

suspension is used to   center the voice coil in the gap of the magnet and it exerts a restoring force to keep it there. suspension is used to limits the maximum mechanical excursion of the diaphragm and voice coil.

voice coil

voice coil is a coil of wire which is attached to the apex of a loudspeaker cone. it provides the motive force to the cone by the reaction of a magnetic field to the current passing through it.

cone

in a   loudspeaker, a   thin, semi-rigid membrane attached to the voice coil, which moves in a magnetic gap due to which it vibrates   and produced sound. it is known as diaphragm and it can also be called a cone, though not all speaker diaphragms are cone-shaped.

surround

surround is also known as front suspension. surround is used to join the cone to the chassis. together with the suspension it controls the cone excursion, and it is also used to   determine how energy which is   travelling through the cone is absorbed, and how the speaker limits when it reaches the ends of its travel.

dustcap

dustcap is used to protect the voice coil from dust and dirt. it is a part of the cone.

how speaker work

the outer part of the cone is fastened to the outer part of the loudspeaker's circular metal rim. the inner part is fixed to   voice coil that sits just in front of a permanent magnet . when loudspeaker is hooked up to a stereo, electrical signals feed through the speaker cables into the coil. it will convert the coil into an electromagnet magnet . when electricity flows back and forth in the cables, the electromagnet either repels or attract the permanent magnet. this moves the coil back and forth, and it pull and push the loudspeaker cone. like a drum skin vibrating back and forth, the moving cone pumps sounds out into the air.in this way loudspeakers works.