The Pan American Bottling Co. is considering the purchase of a new machine that would increase the speed of bottling and save money. The net cost of this machine is $55,000. The annual cash flows have the following projections. Use Appendix B and Appendix D for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. Year Cash Flow 1 $ 28,000 2 26,000 3 26,000 4 31,000 5 12,000 a. If the cost of capital is 15 percent, what is the net present value of selecting a new machine

Which term refers to the amount of products generated divided by the inputs necessary to create that output? a. performance b. industry ranking c. productivity d. organizational performance e. organizational effectiveness

Consider each of the following cases: case accounting break-even unit price unit variable cost fixed costs depreciation 1 127,400 $ 38 $ 25 $ 711,000 ? 2 124,000 ? 41 2,500,000 $ 900,000 3 5,753 117 ? 171,000 100,000 required: (a) find the depreciation for case 1. (do not round your intermediate calculations.) (b) find the unit price for case 2. (do not round your intermediate calculations.) (c) find the unit variable cost for case 3. (do not round your intermediate calculations.)

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i.e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i.e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.