Investment X offers to pay you $5,700 per year for nine years, whereas Investment Y offers to pay you $8,200 per year for five years. a. Calculate the present value for Investments X and Y if the discount rate is 6 percent. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.)
b. Calculate the present value for Investments X and Y if the discount rate is 16 percent. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.)

John novosel was employed by nationwide insurance company for fifteen years. novosel had been a model employee and, at the time of discharge, was a district claims manager and a candidate for the position of division claims manager. during novosel's fifteenth year of employment, nationwide circulated a memorandum requesting the participation of all employees in an effort to lobby the pennsylvania state legislature for the passage of a certain bill before the body. novosel, who had privately indicated his disagreement with nationwide's political views, refused to lend his support to the lobby, and his employment with nationwide was terminated. novosel brought two separate claims against nationwide, arguing, first, that his discharge for refusing to lobby the state legislature on behalf of nationwide constituted the tort of wrongful discharge in that it was arbitrary, malicious, and contrary to public policy. novosel also contended that nationwide breached an implied contract guaranteeing continued employment so long as his job performance was satisfactory. what decision as to each claim?

Suppose that a monopolistically competitive restaurant is currently serving 260 meals per day (the output where mr

You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. the techron i costs $285,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $78,000 per year. the techron ii costs $495,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $45,000 per year. for both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project’s life and assume a salvage value of $55,000. if your tax rate is 24 percent and your discount rate is 11 percent, compute the eac for both machines.