You are considering an investment with the following cash flows. If the required rate of return for this investment is 13.5%, should you accept it based solely on the internal rate of return rule? Why or why not?
Year Cash Flow
0 -$12,000
1 $5,500
2 $8,000
3 -$1,500
a. yes; because the IRR exceeds the required return
b. yes; because the IRR is a positive rate of return
c. no; because the IRR is less than the required return
d. no; because the IRR is a negative rate of return
e. You can not apply the IRR rule in this case because there are multiple IRRs

Nichols inc. manufactures remote controls. currently the company uses a plantminuswide rate for allocating manufacturing overhead. the plant manager is considering switchingminusover to abc costing system and has asked the accounting department to identify the primary production activities and their cost drivers which are as follows: activities cost driver allocation rate material handling number of parts $5 per part assembly labor hours $20 per hour inspection time at inspection station $10 per minute the current traditional cost method allocates overhead based on direct manufacturing labor hours using a rate of $20 per labor hour. what are the indirect manufacturing costs per remote control assuming an method is used and a batch of 10 remote controls are produced? the batch requires 100 parts, 5 direct manufacturing labor hours, and 3 minutes of inspection time.

Factors like the unemployment rate, the stock market, global trade, economic policy, and the economic situation of other countries have no influence on the financial status of individuals. question 1 options: true false

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