A company is considering an investment with the following financial information: initial investment is $800,000, project life is 5 years, salvage value is $50,000, unit price is $45/unit, unit variable cost is $18/unit, and fixed annual cost is $320,000. It is estimated that the annual sales volume will be 25,000 units. MARR is 11%. The company is concerned about the impact of sales volume on the project's rate of return. a. Please conduct a sensitivity analysis and determine the IRR if the annual sales volume changes by the following percentages from the initial estimate: -60% -40% -20% 0% +20% +40% +60%
b. Determine the percentage change that causes a reversal in the decision regarding the attractiveness of the project.

Problem 2-18 job-order costing for a service company [lo2-1, lo2-2, lo2-3]speedy auto repairs uses a job-order costing system. the company's direct materials consist of replacement parts installed in customer vehicles, and its direct labor consists of the mechanics' hourly wages. speedy's overhead costs include various items, such as the shop manager's salary, depreciation of equipment, utilities, insurance, and magazine subscriptions and refreshments for the waiting room. the company applies all of its overhead costs to jobs based on direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it made the following estimates: direct labor-hours required to support estimated output 10,000fixed overhead cost $ 90,000variable overhead cost per direct labor-hour $ 1.00 required: 1. compute the predetermined overhead rate.2. during the year, mr. wilkes brought in his vehicle to replace his brakes, spark plugs, and tires. the following information was available with respect to his job: direct materials $ 600direct labor cost $ 180direct labor-hours used 2 compute mr. wilkes' total job cost. 3. if speedy establishes its selling prices using a markup percentage of 30% of its total job cost, then how much would it have charged mr. wilkes?

:; )write a paragraph of two to three sentences and describe what will happen to a society that does not have a productive workforce?

Afamily wishes to save for future college expenses. which financial tool should the family invest in?