Aerotron electronics is considering purchasing a water filtration system to assist in circuit board manufacturing. the system costs $42,000. it has an expected life of 7 years at which time its salvage value will be $8,500. operating and maintenance expenses are estimated to be $2,000 per year. if the filtration system is not purchased, aerotron electronics will have to pay bay city $8,500 per year for water purification. if the system is purchased, no water purification from bay city will be needed. aerotron electronics must borrow 1/2 of the purchase price, but they cannot start repaying the loan for 2 years. the bank has agreed to 3 equal annual payments, with the 1st payment due at the end of year 2. the loan interest rate is 6.5% compounded annually. aerotron electronics� marr is 13.0% compounded annually. what is the present worth of this investment?

Northern lights electronics just completed plans to distribute its new tablet. the product has several unique features that differentiate it from competitor products. the marketing team plans to begin a roll-out with to only one traditional retailer for the first two months. this strategy will give consumers the perception of the product’s stand-out personality and increase demand. marketing will proceed with for the next four months, where it plans to distribute to three other retailers, as well. for the last six months of the year, it will initiate distribution agreements with discount retailers and online retailers, and any other electronics store that wants to carry it. the marketing team is confident that the tablet will cycle through the first three stages of its product life cycle quickly. as the tablet reaches maturity during the second half of its first year in the market, it is good strategy to proceed with as described above. intensive distribution; selective distribution; exclusive distribution exclusive distribution; selective distribution; intensive distribution tertiary level distribution; secondary level distribution; mono-level distribution mono-level distribution; secondary level distribution; tertiary level distribution