Third state bank wants to add a new branch office. it has determined that the cost of construction of the new facility will be $1.5 million with another $500,000 in organizational costs. the bank has estimated that it will generate $319,522 per year in net revenues for 20 years. if third state requires a 17% return on its money, what is this project's net present value?

The management of a supermarket wants to adopt a new promotional policy of giving a free gift to every customer who spends > a certain amount per visit at this supermarket. the expectation of the management is that after this promotional policy is advertised, the expenditures for all customers at this supermarket will be normally distributed with a mean of $95 and a standard deviation of $20. if the management wants to give free gifts to at most 10% of the customers, what should the amount be above which a customer would receive a free gift?