Nancy's Notions pays a delivery firm to distribute its products in the metro area. Delivery costs are $32,000 per year. Nancy can buy a used truck for $13,000 that will be adequate for the next 3 years. Operating and maintenance costs are estimated to be $21,000 per year. At the end of 3 years, the used truck will have an estimated salvage value of $2,000. Nancy's MARR is 34%/year. a. What is this investment's internal rate of return? IRR = J% Do all calculations to 5 decimal places and round final answer to the whole number. The tolerance is +/- 1.
b. What is the decision rule for judging the attractiveness of investments based on internal rate of return?
c. Should Nancy buy the truck?

Shrieves casting company is considering adding a new line to its product mix, and the capital budgeting analysis is being conducted by sidney johnson, a recently graduated mba. the production line would be set up in unused space in the main plant. the machinery’s invoice price would be approximately $200,000, another $10,000 in shipping charges would be required, and it would cost an additional $30,000 to install the equipment. the machinery has an economic life of 4 years, and shrieves has obtained a special tax ruling that places the equipment in the macrs 3-year class. the machinery is expected to have a salvage value of $25,000 after 4 years of use. the new line would generate incremental sales of 1,250 units per year for 4 years at an incremental cost of $100 per unit in the first year, excluding depreciation. each unit can be sold for $200 in the first year. the sales price and cost are both expected to increase by 3% per year due to inflation. further, to handle the new line, the firm’s net working capital would have to increase by an amount equal to 12% of sales revenues. the firm’s tax rate is 40%, and its overall weighted average cost of capital, which is the risk-adjusted cost of capital for an average project (r), is 10%. define “incremental cash flow.” (1) should you subtract interest expense or dividends when calculating project cash flow?

Bandar industries berhad of malaysia manufactures sporting equipment. one of the company’s products, a football helmet for the north american market, requires a special plastic. during the quarter ending june 30, the company manufactured 35,000 helmets, using 22,500 kilograms of plastic. the plastic cost the company $171,000. according to the standard cost card, each helmet should require 0.6 kilograms of plastic, at a cost of $8 per kilogram. 1. what is the standard quantity of kilograms of plastic (sq) that is allowed to make 35,000 helmets? 2. what is the standard materials cost allowed (sq x sp) to make 35,000 helmets? 3. what is the materials spending variance? 4. what is the materials price variance and the materials quantity variance?

Snuggables sells microwaveable heat packs online. their sales software collects customer/sales information and shares it with the customer service and sales departments. none of the customer complaints or suggestions reach the product development person, however. which step of the three-step processes for success is snuggables failing to use fully?