You work for a pharmaceutical company that has developed a new drug. The patent on the drug will last for 17 years. You expect that the drug will produce cash flows of $10 million in its first year and that this amount will grow at a rate of 4% per year for the remaining 16 years. Once the patent expires, other pharmaceutical companies will be able to produce generic equivalents of your drug and competition will drive any future profits to zero. If the interest rate is 12% per year, then the present value of producing this drug is closest to:

If the economy were in the contracting phase of the business cycle, how might that affect your ability to find work?

Aaron corporation, which has only one product, has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: selling price $ 102 units in beginning inventory 0 units produced 4,900 units sold 4,260 units in ending inventory 640 variable costs per unit: direct materials $ 20 direct labor $ 41 variable manufacturing overhead $ 5 variable selling and administrative expense $ 4 fixed costs: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 64,200 fixed selling and administrative expense $ 2,900 the total contribution margin for the month under variable costing is:

You wish to retire in 13 years, at which time you want to have accumulated enough money to receive an annual annuity of $23,000 for 18 years after retirement. during the period before retirement you can earn 9 percent annually, while after retirement you can earn 11 percent on your money. what annual contributions to the retirement fund will allow you to receive the $23,000 annuity? use appendix c and appendix d for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods.