Martin manufacturing is considering two normal, equally risky, mutually exclusive, but not repeatable projects. martin's cost of capital is 10%. the two projects have the same investment costs, but project a has an irr of 15%, while project b has an irr of 20%. assuming the projects' npv profiles cross in the upper right quadrant, which of the following statements is correct? a. since the projects are mutually exclusive, the firm should always select project b. b. if the crossover rate is 8%, project b will have the higher npv. c. only one project has a positive npv. d. if the crossover rate is 8%, project a will have the higher npv. e. each project must have a negative npv.

Suppose that in an economy the structural unemployment rate is 2.2 percent, the natural unemployment rate is 5.3 percent, and the cyclical unemployment rate is 2 percent. the frictional unemployment rate is percent and the actual unemployment rate (in this economy) is percent.

While cell phones with holographic keyboards are currently in the introduction stage of the industry life cycle, tablet computers are in the growth stage. in the context of this scenario, which of the following statements is true? a. the industry for cell phones with holographic keyboards will face greater competition than the tablet industry. b. while the industry for cell phones with holographic keyboards will focus more on product innovation, the tablet industry will focus more on process innovation. c. while the industry for cell phones with holographic keyboards can reap the benefits of economies of scale, the tablet industry will experience no such benefits. d. the industry for cell phones with holographic keyboards will face price competition, whereas, in the tablet industry, the mode of competition will be non-price.

Amanager of a store that sells and installs spas wants to prepare a forecast for january and june of next year. her forecasts are a combination of trend and seasonality. she uses the following equation to estimate the trend component of monthly demand: ft = 30+5t, where t = 1 in january of this year. seasonal relatives are 0.60 for january and 1.50 for june. what demands should she predict for january and june of next year