Bartlett Car Wash Co. is considering the purchase of a new facility. It would allow Bartlett to increase its net income by $101,320 per year. Other information about this proposed project follows: Initial investment $ 480,190 Useful life 9 years Salvage value $ 58,000 Assume straight line depreciation method is used. Required: 1. Calculate the accounting rate of return for Bartlett. (Round your percentage answer to 2 decimal places.) 2. Calculate the payback period for Bartlett. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

What is the most important type of decision that the financial manager makes?

You are head of the schwartz family endowment for the arts. you have decided to fund an arts school in the san francisco bay area in perpetuity. every 5 years, you will give the school $ 1 comma 000 comma 000. the first payment will occur 5 years from today. if the interest rate is 5.9 % per year, what is the present value of your gift?

Bonds often pay a coupon twice a year. for the valuation of bonds that make semiannual payments, the number of periods doubles, whereas the amount of cash flow decreases by half. using the values of cash flows and number of periods, the valuation model is adjusted accordingly. assume that a $1,000,000 par value, semiannual coupon us treasury note with three years to maturity has a coupon rate of 3%. the yield to maturity (ytm) of the bond is 7.70%. using this information and ignoring the other costs involved, calculate the value of the treasury note: