A company is considering two mutually exclusive methods of producing a new product. The relevant data concerning the alternatives appear below.

Alternative I Alternative II
Initial investment $64,000 $120,000
Annual receipts $50,000 $60,000
Annual disbursements $20,000 $12,000
Annual depreciation $16,000 $20,000
Expected life 4 yrs 6 yrs
Salvage value 0 0

At the end of the useful life of whatever equipment is chosen the product will be discontinued. The company's tax rate is 50 percent and the discount rate is 10 percent. Calculate the net present value of each alternative.

You are the manager of the packaging department in a cookie factory. (obviously, the packaging employees cannot eat the cookies that are transferred in during the period.) after your employees insert cookies into colorful packages (step 1) for display on store shelves, the packages of cookies are then boxed using cardboard cartons (step 2) for shipment to stores. each unit of product is represented by a carton of packaged cookies. the packaging department began the period with 1,000 units of cookies. during the period, 5,000 units of cookies were transferred in from the baking department and 5,500 units of cookies were transferred out to the finished goods department. the number of units of cookies in the ending inventory of the packaging department equals:

On january 2, 2018, bering co. disposes of a machine costing $34,100 with accumulated depreciation of $18,369. prepare the entries to record the disposal under each of the following separate assumptions. exercise 8-24a part 2 2. the machine is traded in for a newer machine having a $50,600 cash price. a $16,238 trade-in allowance is received, and the balance is paid in cash. assume the asset exchange has commercial substance.

Afinancing project has an initial cash inflow of $42,000 and cash flows of −$15,600, −$22,200, and −$18,000 for years 1 to 3, respectively. the required rate of return is 13 percent. what is the internal rate of return? should the project be accepted?