Bluesky is analyzing two machines to determine which one it should purchase. Whichever machine is purchased will be replaced at the end of its useful life. The company requires a 12 percent rate of return and uses straight-line depreciation to a zero book value over the life of the machine. Machine A has a cost of $302,000, annual operating costs of $18,000, and a 3-year life. Machine B costs $220,000, has annual operating costs of $22,000, and a 2-year life. The firm currently pays no taxes. Which machine should be purchased and why

Pear co.’s income statement for the year ended december 31, as prepared by pear’s controller, reported income before taxes of $125,000. the auditor questioned the following amounts that had been included in income before taxes: equity in earnings of cinn co. $ 40,000 dividends received from cinn 8,000 adjustments to profits of prior years for arithmetical errors in depreciation (35,000) pear owns 40% of cinn’s common stock, and no acquisition differentials are relevant. pear’s december 31 income statement should report income before taxes of

Suppose your firm is considering investing in a project with the cash flows shown as follows, that the required rate of return on projects of this risk class is 10 percent, and that the maximum allowable payback and discounted payback statistics for the project are three and a half and four and a half years, respectively. use the irr decision to evaluate this project; should it be accepted or rejected

Atelephone call center uses three customer service representatives (csrs) during the 8: 30 a.m. to 9: 00 a.m. time period. the standard service rate is 3.0 minutes per telephone call per csr. assuming a target labor utilization rate of 80 percent, how many calls can these three csrs handle during this half-hour period?