You run a construction firm. You have just won a contract to build a government office complex. Building it will require an investment of $ 9.7 million today and $ 5.2 million in one year. The government will pay you $ 20.6 million in one year upon theâ building's completion. Suppose the interest rate is 10.2 %. Required:
a. What is the NPV of this opportunity?
b. How can your firm turn this NPV into cash today?

He taylor company sells music systems. each music system costs the company $100 and will be sold to the public for $250. in year one, the company sells 100 gift cards to customers for $250 each ($25,000 in total). these cards are valid for just one year, and company officials expect them to all be redeemed. in year two, only 96 of the cards are returned. what amount of net income does the company report for year two in connection with these cards? a. $15,000b. $15,400c. $15,500d. $15,800

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.

On january 2, 2016, twilight hospital purchased a $94,800 special radiology scanner from bella inc. the scanner had a useful life of 4 years and was estimated to have no disposal value at the end of its useful life. the straight-line method of depreciation is used on this scanner. annual operating costs with this scanner are $106,000. approximately one year later, the hospital is approached by dyno technology salesperson, jacob cullen, who indicated that purchasing the scanner in 2016 from bella inc. was a mistake. he points out that dyno has a scanner that will save twilight hospital $26,000 a year in operating expenses over its 3-year useful life. jacob notes that the new scanner will cost $111,000 and has the same capabilities as the scanner purchased last year. the hospital agrees that both scanners are of equal quality. the new scanner will have no disposal value. jacob agrees to buy the old scanner from twilight hospital for $40,500. if twilight hospital sells its old scanner on january 2, 2017, compute the gain or loss on the sale. prepare an incremental analysis of twilight hospital.