Annual cash inflows that will arise from two competing investment projects are given below: year investment a investment b 1 $ 7,000 $10,000 2 8,000 9,000 3 9,000 8,000 4 10,000 7,000 total $34,000 $34,000 the discount rate is 7%. use excel or a financial calculator to solve the homework. round answers to the nearest dollar. required: compute the present value of the cash inflows for each investment. each investment opportunity will require the same initial investment.

Yowell company granted a sales discount of $360 to a customer when it collected the amount due on account. yowell uses the perpetual inventory system. which of the following answers reflects the effects on the financial statements of only the discount? assets = liab. + equity rev. − exp. = net inc. cash flow a. (360 ) = na + (360 ) (360 ) − na = (360 ) (360 ) oa b. na = (360 ) + 360 360 − na = 360 na c. (360 ) = na + (360 ) (360 ) − na = (360 ) na d. na = (360 ) + 360 360 − na = 360 na

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.

After hearing a knock at your front door, you are surprised to see the prize patrol from a large, well-known magazine subscription company. it has arrived with the good news that you are the big winner, having won $21 million. you have three options.(a) receive $1.05 million per year for the next 20 years.(b) have $8.25 million today.(c) have $2.25 million today and receive $750,000 for each of the next 20 years.your financial adviser tells you that it is reasonable to expect to earn 13 percent on investments.