Blue Spruce Company is considering two new projects, each requiring an equipment investment of $101,800. Each project will last for three years and produce the following cash flows: Year Cool Hot
1 $40,400 $44,400
2 45,400 44,400
3 50,400 44,400
136,200 $133,200

The equipment will have no salvage value at the end of its three-year life. Blue Spruce Company uses straight-line depreciation and requires a minimum rate of return of 12%.

Present value data are as follows:
Period 12%
1 0.89286
2 0.79719
3 0.71178

Present Value of an Annuity of 1
Period 12%
1 0.89286
2 1.69005
3 2.40183

Required:
Compute the net present value of each project.

Suppose that kenji, an economist from an am talk radio program, and lucia, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing over health insurance. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: lucia: a popular topic for debate among politicians as well as economists is the idea of providing government assistance for health benefits. kenji: i think it is oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese. lucia: i disagree. i think government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? lawyers make up an excessive percentage of elected officials. minimum wage laws do more to harm low-skilled workers than them. tariffs and import quotas generally reduce economic welfare.

For a multistate lottery, the following probability distribution represents the cash prizes of the lottery with their corresponding probabilities. complete parts (a) through (c) below. x (cash prize, $) p(x) grand prizegrand prize 0.000000008860.00000000886 200,000 0.000000390.00000039 10,000 0.0000016950.000001695 100 0.0001582930.000158293 7 0.0039114060.003911406 4 0.0080465690.008046569 3 0.012865710.01286571 0 0.975015928140.97501592814 (a) if the grand prize is $13 comma 000 comma 00013,000,000, find and interpret the expected cash prize. if a ticket costs $1, what is your expected profit from one ticket? the expected cash prize is $nothing.

Ben collins plans to buy a house for $166,000. if the real estate in his area is expected to increase in value by 2 percent each year, what will its approximate value be five years from now?