Payback period and npv of alternative automobile purchase wendy li decided to purchase a new honda civic. being concerned about environmental issues she is leaning toward a honda civic hybrid rather than the completely gasoline-powered lx model. nevertheless, she wants to determine if there is an economic justification for purchasing the hybrid, which costs $4,950 more than the lx based on a mix of city and highway driving she predicts that the average gas mileage of each car is 40 mpg for the hybrid and 30 mpg for the lx. wendy also anticipates she will drive an average of 12,000 miles per year and that gasoline will cost an average of $2.75 per gallon over the next four years. she also plans to replace whichever car she purchases at the end of four years when the resale values of the hybrid and the lx are predicted to be $12,000 and $8,500 respectively. required a. determine the payback period of the incremental investment associated with purchasing the hybrid. 0 years b. determine the net present value of the incremental investment associated with purchasing the hybrid at a ten percent time value of money. use a negative sign with your answer, if appropriate. round answer to the nearest whole number. $ 0 c. determine the cost of gasoline required for a payback period of three years on the incremental investment. round answer to two decimal places $ 0

He aldermanalderman company has prepared a sales budget of 42 comma 00042,000 finished units for a 3-month period. the company has an inventory of 10 comma 00010,000 units of finished goods on hand at december 31 and has a target finished goods inventory of 11 comma 00011,000 units at the end of the succeeding quarter. it takes 44 gallons of direct materials to make one unit of finished product. the company has inventory of 64 comma 00064,000 gallons of direct materials at december 31 and has a target ending inventory of 53 comma 00053,000 gallons at the end of the succeeding quarter. how many gallons of direct materials should aldermanalderman company purchase during the 3 months ending march 31? select the labels and enter the amounts to calculate the direct materials (gallons) to be purchased.

When the federal reserve buys and sells bonds to member banks, it is called a. monetary policy b. reserve ratio c. interest rate adjustment d. open market operations

< back to assignment attempts: 1 1 keep the highest: 1 / 2 2. determining opportunity cost juanita is deciding whether to buy a suit that she wants, as well as where to buy it. three stores carry the same suit, but it is more convenient for juanita to get to some stores than others. for example, she can go to her local store, located 15 minutes away from where she works, and pay a marked-up price of $102 for the suit: store travel time each way price of a suit (minutes) (dollars per suit) local department store 15 102 across town 30 88 neighboring city 60 65 juanita makes $42 an hour at work. she has to take time off work to purchase her suit, so each hour away from work costs her $42 in lost income. assume that returning to work takes juanita the same amount of time as getting to a store and that it takes her 30 minutes to shop. as you answer the following questions, ignore the cost of gasoline and depreciation of her car when traveling. complete the following table by computing the opportunity cost of juanita's time and the total cost of shopping at each location. store opportunity cost of time price of a suit total cost (dollars) (dollars per suit) (dollars) local department store 102 across town 88 neighboring city 65 assume that juanita takes opportunity costs and the price of the suit into consideration when she shops. juanita will minimize the cost of the suit if she buys it from the . grade it now save & continue continue without saving