A firm is weighing three capacity alternatives: small, medium, and large job shop. Whatever capacity choice is made, the market demand for the firm's product can be "moderate" or "strong." The probability of moderate market demand is estimated to be 0.4; the probability of strong market demand is estimated to be 0.6. The anticipated profits are as follows:

a. Small job shop, moderate market = $24,000; Small job shop, strong market =$54,000.
b. Medium job shop, moderate market = $20,000; medium job shop, strong market = $64,000.
c. Large job shop, moderate market = -$2,000; large job shop, strong market = $96,000.

Which capacity choice should the firm make?

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Burke enterprises is considering a machine costing $30 billion that will result in initial after-tax cash savings of $3.7 billion at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 2 percent per year for 11 years. after 11 years, the company can sell the parts for $5 billion. burke has a target debt/equity ratio of 1.2, a beta of 1.79. you estimate that the return on the market is 7.5% and t-bills are currently yielding 2.5%. burke has two issuances of bonds outstanding. the first has 200,000 bonds trading at 98% of par, with coupons of 5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 5 years. the second has 500,000 bonds trading at par, with coupons of 7.5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 12 years. kate, the ceo, usually applies an adjustment factor to the discount rate of +2 for such highly innovative projects. should the company take on the project?