Parker & Stone, Inc., is looking at setting up a new manufacturing plant in South Park to produce garden tools. The company bought some land six years ago for $5.8 million in anticipation of using it as a warehouse and distribution site, but the company has since decided to rent these facilities from a competitor instead. If the land were sold today, the company would net $6.1 million. The company wants to build its new manufacturing plant on this land; the plant will cost $13.3 million to build, and the site requires $850,000 worth of grading before it is suitable for construction.

What is the proper cash flow amount to use as the initial investment in fixed assets when evaluating this project?

Which of the following statements is correct? large corporations are taxed more favorably than sole proprietorships. corporate stockholders are exposed to unlimited liability. due to limited liability, unlimited lives, and ease of ownership transfer, the vast majority of u.s. businesses (in terms of number of businesses) are organized as corporations. most businesses (by number and total dollar sales) are organized as partnerships or proprietorships because it is easier to set up and operate in one of these forms rather than as a corporation. however, if the business gets very large, it becomes advantageous to convert to a corporation, mainly because corporations have important tax advantages over proprietorships and partnerships. most business (measured by dollar sales) is conducted by corporations in spite of large corporations’ often less favorable tax treatment, due to legal considerations related to ownership transfers and limited liability.

For a multistate lottery, the following probability distribution represents the cash prizes of the lottery with their corresponding probabilities. complete parts (a) through (c) below. x (cash prize, $) p(x) grand prizegrand prize 0.000000008860.00000000886 200,000 0.000000390.00000039 10,000 0.0000016950.000001695 100 0.0001582930.000158293 7 0.0039114060.003911406 4 0.0080465690.008046569 3 0.012865710.01286571 0 0.975015928140.97501592814 (a) if the grand prize is $13 comma 000 comma 00013,000,000, find and interpret the expected cash prize. if a ticket costs $1, what is your expected profit from one ticket? the expected cash prize is $nothing.

Sauer food company has decided to buy a new computer system with an expected life of three years. the cost is $440,000. the company can borrow $440,000 for three years at 14 percent annual interest or for one year at 12 percent annual interest. assume interest is paid in full at the end of each year. a. how much would sauer food company save in interest over the three-year life of the computer system if the one-year loan is utilized and the loan is rolled over (reborrowed) each year at the same 12 percent rate? compare this to the 14 percent three-year loan.