A company buys a machine for $500,000 and depreciates it on a straight-line basis to zero over a fiveyear period for tax purposes. The investment would result in pre-tax cash cost savings of $200,000 per year, for five years. At the end of 5 years, it is estimated that the machine can be sold for $75,000. The gain on the sale of the machine would be taxed at a 40% tax rate. Based on the relevant cash flows, determine the Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return and the Payback Period of the investment. Is the investment in the machine attractive in economic terms

Which statement is true about the elements of the interface of a presentation program? a. the status bar appears at the top of the page and displays options to style your slides. b. the tool bar displays the thumbnails of your presentation slides in the order they will appear in the presentation. c. rulers indicate the margins, tabs, and indents in a presentation slide. d. the document area provides a list of commands to create, format, and edit presentations.

In addition to using the icons to adjust page margins, a user can also use

Companies hd and ld are both profitable, and they have the same total assets (ta), total invested capital, sales (s), return on assets (roa), and profit margin (pm). both firms finance using only debt and common equity. however, company hd has the higher total debt to total capital ratio. which of the following statements is correct? a) company hd has a higher assets turnover than company ld. b) company hd has a higher return on equity than company ld. c) none of the other statements are correct because the information provided on the question is not enough. d) company hd has lower total assets turnover than company ld. e) company hd has a lower operating income (ebit) than company ld