A chemical engineer is on contract working in a relatively high-inflation country in Central America. She wishes to calculate a project's present worth with estimated costs of $50,000 now and $6000 per year for 5 year beginning one year from now. Use a real interest rate of 12% per year to make the calculations, a. without an adjustment for inflation (10 points) and b. considering inflation at a rate of 10% per year. (10 points)

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position