g A company is evaluating a project requiring an initial cash outflow of $2 million. The investment will generate cash flows for a period of 5 years. If the firm launches the project immediately, then the after-tax cash flows will be $1 million per year. Alternatively, if the firm delays the launch by one year, then there is a 65% likelihood that the annual after-tax cash flows will be $1.5 million and a 35% likelihood that they will be $500,000. Using a discount rate of 10%, what is the value of the option to wait

Which of the following statements is correct? a. two firms with identical sales and operating costs but with different amounts of debt and tax rates will have different operating incomes by definition. b. free cash flow (fcf) is, essentially, the cash flow that is available for interest and dividends after the company has made the investments in current and fixed assets that are necessary to sustain ongoing operations. c. retained earnings as reported on the balance sheet represent cash and, therefore, are available to distribute to stockholders as dividends or any other required cash payments to creditors and suppliers. d. if a firm is reporting its income in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, then its net income as reported on the income statement should be equal to its free cash flow. e. after-tax operating income is calculated as ebit(1 - t) + depreciation.

Solomon chemical company makes three products, b7, k6, and x9, which are joint products from the same materials. in a standard batch of 320,000 pounds of raw materials, the company generates 70,000 pounds of b7, 150,000 pounds of k6, and 100,000 pounds of x9. a standard batch costs $3,840,000 to produce. the sales prices per pound are $10, $14, and $20 for b7, k6, and x9, respectively. (a) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base. (b) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using market value as the allocation base. (c) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base.

Russell's study compared gpa of those students who volunteered for academic study skills training and those who did not elect to take the training. he found that those who had the training also had higher gpa. with which validity threat should russell be most concerned?