Simmons Corp. can borrow from its bank at 17 percent to take a cash discount. The terms of the cash discount are 1.5/10, net 45. a. Compute the cost of not taking the cash discount. (Use a 360-day year. Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your final answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)
b. Should the firm borrow the funds?

Compute the cost of not taking the following cash discounts. (use a 360-day year. do not round intermediate calculations. input your final answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

1. alwaysrain irrigation, inc. would like to determine capacity requirements for the next four years. currently, two production lines are in place for making bronze and plastic sprinklers. three types of sprinklers are available in both bronze and plastic: 90-degree nozzle sprinklers, 180-degree nozzle sprinklers, and 360-degree nozzle sprinklers. management has forecast demand for the next four years as follows: both production lines can produce all the different types of nozzles. the bronze machines needed for the bronze sprinklers require two operators and can produce up to 12,000 sprinklers. the plastic injection molding machine needed for the plastic sprinklers requires four operators and can produce up to 200,000 sprinklers. three bronze machines and only one injection molding machine are available. what are the capacity requirements for the next four years? (assume that there is no learning.)

Marcus nurseries inc.'s 2005 balance sheet showed total common equity of $2,050,000, which included $1,750,000 of retained earnings. the company had 100,000 shares of stock outstanding which sold at a price of $57.25 per share. if the firm had net income of $250,000 in 2006 and paid out $100,000 as dividends, what would its book value per share be at the end of 2006, assuming that it neither issued nor retired any common stock?