Mariano Corporation sells 11,000 units of inventory during the first year of operations for $500 each. Mariano provides a oneminusyear warranty on parts. It is estimated that 4% of the units will be defective and that repair costs are estimated to be $50 per unit. In the year of sale, warranty contracts are honored on 100 units for a total cost of $5,000. What amount will be reported as Estimated Warranty Liability at the end of the year?

Lambert manufacturing has $100,000 to invest in either project a or project b. the following data are available on these projects (ignore income taxes.): project a project b cost of equipment needed now $100,000 $60,000 working capital investment needed now - $40,000 annual cash operating inflows $40,000 $35,000 salvage value of equipment in 6 years $10,000 - both projects will have a useful life of 6 years and the total cost approach to net present value analysis. at the end of 6 years, the working capital investment will be released for use elsewhere. lambert's required rate of return is 14%. the net present value of project b is: