Ali co. bought a machine on january 1, year 1, for $24,000, at which time it had an estimated useful life of 8 years, with no residual value. straight-line depreciation is used for all of ali's depreciable assets. on january 1, year 3, the machine's estimated useful life was determined to be only 6 years from the acquisition date. accordingly, the appropriate accounting change was made in year 3. the direct effects of this change were limited to the effect on depreciation and the related provision for income tax. ali's income tax rate was 40% in all the affected years. in ali's year 3 financial statements, how much should be reported as the cumulative effect on prior years because of the change in the estimated useful life of the machine?
a) $2,700
b) $2,000
c) $1,200
d) $0

Acar manufacturer uses new machines that automatically assemble an engine from parts fed to the system. the machine can regulate the speed ofassembly depending on the number of parts produced. which type of technology does this machine use? angenoem mense wat ons in matin en esta va ser elthe machine uses

Verizon communications, inc., provides the following footnote relating to its leasing activities in its 10-k report. the aggregate minimum rental commitments under noncancelable leases for the periods shown at december 31, 2010, are as follows: years (dollars in millions) capital leases operatingleases 2011 $97 $1,898 2012 74 1,720 2013 70 1,471 2014 54 1,255 2015 42 1,012 thereafter 81 5,277 total minimum 418 $ 12,633 rental commitments less interest and (86) executory costs present value of 332 minimum lease payments less current (75) installments long-term obligation $257 at december 31, 2010 (a) confirm that verizon capitalized its capital leases using a rate of 7.4 %. (b) compute the present value of verizon's operating leases, assuming an 7.4% discount rate and rounding the remaining lease term to 3 decimal places. (use a financial calculator or excel to compute. do not round until your final answers. round each answer to the nearest whole number.)

Take it all away has a cost of equity of 11.11 percent, a pretax cost of debt of 5.36 percent, and a tax rate of 40 percent. the company's capital structure consists of 67 percent debt on a book value basis, but debt is 33 percent of the company's value on a market value basis. what is the company's wacc