Pique Corporation wants to purchase a new machine for $300,000.Management predicts that the machine can produce sales of $200,000 each year for the next 5 years. Expenses are expected to include direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead (excluding depreciation)totaling $80,000 per year. The firm uses straight-line depreciation with no residual value for all depreciable assets. Pique's tax rate is 40%.Management requires a minimum 10% rate of return on all investments. What is the payback period for the new machine (rounded to nearest one-tenth of a year)? (Assume that the cash inflows occur evenly throughout the year. ) A) 2.5 years.
B) 2.7 years.
C) 3.1 years.
D) 3.6 years.
E) 4.2 years.

Acontractor was awarded a purchase order for commercial items for $1.5 million under the authority of far subpart 13.5. the purchase order was issued in november 2010 and containedall applicable clauses that were current as of the date of the purchase order. under the purchase order, the contractor is required to comply with a small business subcontracting plan that contains all of the required elements. which of the following is true? a.the contractor must submit a standard form 294, subcontracting report for individual contracts. b.the contractor must submit an individual subcontracting report through the electronic subcontracting reporting system (esrs). c.the contractor may submit either an sf 294 or report its subcontracting through esrs. d.the contractor is not required to submit any subcontracting reports.