Problem A Hamlet Company is considering the purchase of a new machine that would cost $300,000 and would have an estimated useful life of 10 years with no salvage value. The new machine is expected to have annual before-tax cash inflows of $100,000 and annual before-tax cash outflows of $40,000. The company will depreciate the machine using straight-line depreciation, and the assumed tax rate is 40%. a. Determine the net after-tax cash inflow for the new machine. b. Determine the payback period for the new machine.

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

Qwest airlines has implemented a program to recycle all plastic drink cups used on their aircraft. their goal is to generate $7 million by the end of the recycle program's five-year life. each recycled cup can be sold for $0.005 (1/2 cent). a. how many cups must be recycled annually to meet this goal? assume uniform annual plastic cup usage and a 0% interest rate. b. repeat part (a) when the annual interest rate is 12%. c. why is the answer to part (b) less than the answer to part (a)?

3. which of the following occupations relate to a skill category of mathematics and data? select all that apply. (2 correct answers) engineer financial analyst mechanic sales person 4. which of the following occupations relate to a skill category of words and literacy? select all that apply. (2 correct answers) educator lawyer marketing manager psychologist architect