On January 1, 2018, Gemini Corporation leased equipment under a finance lease designedto earn the lessor a 12% rate of return for providing long-term financing. The lease agreementspecified ten annual payments of $225,000 beginning January 1, and each December 31thereafter through 2026. A 10-year service agreement was scheduled to provide maintenance ofthe equipment as required for a fee of $15,000 per year. Insurance premiums of $12,000 annuallyare related to the equipment. Both amounts were to be paid by the lessor and the lease paymentsreflect both expenditures. At what amount will Gemini record a right-of-use asset

Rate of return douglas keel, a financial analyst for orange industries, wishes to estimate the rate of return for two similar-risk investments, x and y. douglas's research indicates that the immediate past returns will serve as reasonable estimates of future returns. a year earlier, investment x had a market value of $27 comma 000; and investment y had a market value of $46 comma 000. during the year, investment x generated cash flow of $2 comma 025 and investment y generated cash flow of $ 6 comma 770. the current market values of investments x and y are $28 comma 582 and $46 comma 000, respectively. a. calculate the expected rate of return on investments x and y using the most recent year's data. b. assuming that the two investments are equally risky, which one should douglas recommend? why?