Exercise 24-2 Net present value LO P3 Beyer Company is considering the purchase of an asset for $230,000. It is expected to produce the following net cash flows. The cash flows occur evenly within each year. Assume that Beyer requires a 15% return on its investments. (PV of $1, FV of $1, PVA of $1, and FVA of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Total Net cash flows $ 89,000 $ 54,000 $ 81,000 $ 127,000 $ 47,000 $ 398,000 a. Compute the net present value of this investment. b. Should Beyer accept the investment

Vulcan flyovers offers scenic overflights of mount st. helens, the volcano in washington state that explosively erupted in 1982. data concerning the company’s operations in july appear below: vulcan flyovers operating data for the month ended july 31 actual results flexible budget planning budget flights (q) 56 56 54 revenue ($350.00q) $ 16,500 $ 19,600 $ 18,900 expenses: wages and salaries ($3,300 + $91.00q) 8,354 8,396 8,214 fuel ($31.00q) 1,904 1,736 1,674 airport fees ($870 + $35.00q) 2,730 2,830 2,760 aircraft depreciation ($11.00q) 616 616 594 office expenses ($240 + $1.00q) 464 296 294 total expense 14,068 13,874 13,536 net operating income $ 2,432 $ 5,726 $ 5,364 the company measures its activity in terms of flights. customers can buy individual tickets for overflights or hire an entire plane for an overflight at a discount. required: 1. prepare a flexible budget performance report for july that includes revenue and spending variances and activity variances.

Job 456 was recently completed. the following data have been recorded on its job cost sheet: direct materials $ 2,418 direct labor-hours 74 labor-hours direct labor wage rate $ 13 per labor-hour machine-hours 137 machine-hours the corporation applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machine-hours. the predetermined overhead rate is $14 per machine-hour. the total cost that would be recorded on the job cost sheet for job 456 would be: multiple choice $3,380 $5,298 $6,138 $2,622

Wang distributors has an annual demand for an airport metal detector of 1 comma 350 units. the cost of a typical detector to wang is $400. carrying cost is estimated to be 19% of the unit cost, and the ordering cost is $24 per order. if ping wang, the owner, orders in quantities of 300 or more, he can get a 10% discount on the cost of the detectors. should wang take the quantity discount? \